Posted by dmac on 4/29/2008, 9:10 am, 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
:
:
:
:
your carb. should be a holly.i know on four bbl.hollys that can be a faulty power valve.who noes what is in there,i found a grasshopper in a float bowl once.good luck.
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