Carb swap out
Posted by Joe
on 2/3/2017, 10:34 pm
I went in today to swap out the carb to a new (NOS) one, but decided to spray the old one down with carb cleaner. I found 3 ports inside the top of the carb to spray cleaner into. Had to hold the throttle open while spraying into the ports, and found no real vacuum leaks when spraying the hoses and the carb gasket down. So I took her out for a spin. Got up to 75 MPH, so I decided to just keep the old carb for now. As a side note, I recall getting a ticket for going 75 mph in a 76 Chevette we had back in 1983-ish time, back when the nationwide speed limit was 55. I was just following the guy in front of me on I-5 in California. When the highway patrolman told me I was going 75, I remember telling him that I really didn't think the Chevette would even go that fast, and that I was proud of her. Still got a ticket though.
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