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Old 03-23-2021, 09:24 PM
richmike114 richmike114 is offline
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Ok got it cranking!
Adjusted the valves. Changed the oil with Dinosaur 10-40 and high dose of ZDDP and a new filter.
New VC gasket
New Fuel pump- not cheap, filter and lines. Bypassed the 25 year old fuel in the tank. Ran it Roadkill style.
Put the carbs bask in that I rebuilt.
Took quite a few cranks but the filter filled up and she fired for the first time in 25 years!
You should have seen what blew out the tail pipe! Acorns, stuffing, twigs. Lol.

That’s the good

The bad is it won’t idle. Not sure if the accelerator pumps are working either.
Also have a leak at the fuel return valve on the front carb. Pretty good leak. I pulled the return valve and I didn’t rebuilt it because no parts came in my $120 full rebuild kit from out host. That’s per carb! Damn expensive and I used almost none of the kit.

So I thought I had a bad vacuum leak which is why it won’t idle. I plugged the power brake and the other 3/8 inch bung on the intake manifold. Didn’t seem to help.

Ran out of fuel so I’ll try again another day.
First I’ll look for that fuel return valve. Then I’ll work on the idle
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