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fordfixer · 11-05-2023, 08:04 PM

Well we finally got the lady running again like it should. Found a couple things not right. First the dizzy was not adjust right. Second was the carb. We loosened the gas cap just to make sure. Blew the gas line back to the tank. No problem there. Checked fuel pump for flow. I didn’t want to dig into someone else’s work. Meaning the carb, because she had some one rebuild it. But I decided to take the top halve off to see how much fuel we had. 1/8 th inch. So I bent the tab on the float so the bowl was about half full. It then ran much better. But would only run about half throttle. Played around with it some more, but decided to replace it with a known good running carb for the second time. It now runs just like it should. Just an update to say thanks for all your suggestions.

11-05-2023, 08:04 PM	#17
fordfixer Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Crete, Illinois Posts: 307	Re: 40 Deluxe ford Well we finally got the lady running again like it should. Found a couple things not right. First the dizzy was not adjust right. Second was the carb. We loosened the gas cap just to make sure. Blew the gas line back to the tank. No problem there. Checked fuel pump for flow. I didn’t want to dig into someone else’s work. Meaning the carb, because she had some one rebuild it. But I decided to take the top halve off to see how much fuel we had. 1/8 th inch. So I bent the tab on the float so the bowl was about half full. It then ran much better. But would only run about half throttle. Played around with it some more, but decided to replace it with a known good running carb for the second time. It now runs just like it should. Just an update to say thanks for all your suggestions.