Posted by Bob on 4/28/2008, 5:16 pm, in reply to "Re: How to take air horm off Falcon carburetor"
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I was careful to take all of the screws out before trying to remove the air horn. When I received the carb, it looked like new, but the box looked like it had been sitting on a shelf somewhere for YEARS. I'm guessing that the gasket stuck itself to the parts and got hard after many years of sitting around. I will try the putty knife idea. It seems like a good way to separate the parts without putting a lot of stress on them.
By the way, I'm thinking that the problem might be that the float was absorbing fuel and letting the engine flood. Just after mounting the carburetor, I took it out and drove it around for about 15 minutes and it ran great. Then I let it set for about 10 minutes and it was hard to start...like it was flooded. When I stopped at the local gas station it was real hard to restart, and it finally died completely about a block from the gas station. When I took the air cleaner off, gas was bubbling out of the vent tube in the venturi like coffee in a coffee pot. Fortunately, all this happened about three blocks from my house, so I walked home, got the old carburetor, put it back on, and drove it home without further difficulty. Now if I can just get the air horn off of the new carburetor...
Bob
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