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    Offline msbaugh

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    Re: First Drive!! Good and bad news
    « Reply #15 on: May 04, 2012 - 11:16:26 PM »
    Quote from: torredcuda on May 04, 2012 - 06:45:19 PM
    Check your float levels.Tha accelerator pump will only "squirt" gas when you first hit the throttle  and will not do anything while the engine is just idling if that is what you were referring to.A back fire is also a condition of the engine going lean=no fuel.

    Yep! when I referred to nothing squirting out of the front pump, it was when I would pull the throttle. Of course thats because the bowl was empty
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    Offline NCtrueconservative

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    Re: First Drive!! Good and bad news
    « Reply #16 on: May 04, 2012 - 11:20:14 PM »
    Quote from: msbaugh on May 04, 2012 - 11:16:26 PM
    Yep! when I referred to nothing squirting out of the front pump, it was when I would pull the throttle. Of course thats because the bowl was empty

    same on mine. Didn't get to tear into it tonight. Wanna do it in good light so I don't risk losing a part. Floats should be around 7/16, is that right?
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    Offline Chryco Psycho

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    Re: First Drive!! Good and bad news
    « Reply #17 on: May 05, 2012 - 10:00:38 AM »
    Yes the floats should be around 7/16" , i usually set them a bit higher though . 
    do you have no thermostat ? I would recommend a 180* not a 160 *
     Make sure you install the fuel filter on the pressure side between the pump & carb
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