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George Hamilton · 10-08-2025, 05:45 PM

I have this 1962 - 292 YBlock in the 1955 Fairlane I bought 5 years ago. The carb was new 4 years ago and is a two barrel and was running fine until about a few weeks ago. At least I thought it was a carb problem.
The car starts and Idles fine. after warm up when driven there is a stuttering feeling on acceleration. The car is a 3 speed standard with overdrive, but the overdrive is not working. Driving it as just standard shift. I am not real good with carbs but have made some miner adjustment to the mix. I thought at first it was running rich. so I leaned it out a bit. It didn't do much good. I tried again and still not good results. I brought it back just short of where it was and it runs but stutters on acceleration. If you go real easy on accelerating and shift it's smoother. I do have an electric fuel pump I put on this spring, but that has been running fine so far. The PSI on it is rated within the cars limits.
I have check points and cleaned, I have installed a better set of plugs. Don't see any arcing on wires. I did check accelerator pump how it's working by looking in throat and working pump and gas stream is strong and no air as far as I can tell. Kinda stumped right now and getting to where I need to put it in storge soon here in Minnesota. Any ideas!

By the way I forgot, I did as manual suggested and turned both settings all the way down to stop and brought them back a turn and a half as suggested. When I took it for test it ran just fine that day had good acceleration and pep. But when I took it out on a run on this Tuesday it was stuttering again.

paul2748 · 10-08-2025, 06:24 PM

This is not the section for car related questions, just questions about the site.

You might check the timing . Make sure the initial is set correctly and check that it is advancing properly. And might try advancing initial a little more than recommended as that may help with the hesitation.

I suggest you take a look in the tank to see if there is any "junk" in there.

George Hamilton · 10-09-2025, 09:01 AM

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Thanks for the info

10-08-2025, 05:45 PM	#1
George Hamilton Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2025 Location: Deephaven, Minnesota Posts: 5	1962 - 292 YBlock carb problem I have this 1962 - 292 YBlock in the 1955 Fairlane I bought 5 years ago. The carb was new 4 years ago and is a two barrel and was running fine until about a few weeks ago. At least I thought it was a carb problem. The car starts and Idles fine. after warm up when driven there is a stuttering feeling on acceleration. The car is a 3 speed standard with overdrive, but the overdrive is not working. Driving it as just standard shift. I am not real good with carbs but have made some miner adjustment to the mix. I thought at first it was running rich. so I leaned it out a bit. It didn't do much good. I tried again and still not good results. I brought it back just short of where it was and it runs but stutters on acceleration. If you go real easy on accelerating and shift it's smoother. I do have an electric fuel pump I put on this spring, but that has been running fine so far. The PSI on it is rated within the cars limits. I have check points and cleaned, I have installed a better set of plugs. Don't see any arcing on wires. I did check accelerator pump how it's working by looking in throat and working pump and gas stream is strong and no air as far as I can tell. Kinda stumped right now and getting to where I need to put it in storge soon here in Minnesota. Any ideas! By the way I forgot, I did as manual suggested and turned both settings all the way down to stop and brought them back a turn and a half as suggested. When I took it for test it ran just fine that day had good acceleration and pep. But when I took it out on a run on this Tuesday it was stuttering again.

10-08-2025, 06:24 PM	#2
paul2748 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Midland Park, NJ Posts: 4,406	Re: 1962 - 292 YBlock carb problem This is not the section for car related questions, just questions about the site. You might check the timing . Make sure the initial is set correctly and check that it is advancing properly. And might try advancing initial a little more than recommended as that may help with the hesitation. I suggest you take a look in the tank to see if there is any "junk" in there. __________________ 48 Ford Conv 56 Tbird 54 Ford Victoria

10-09-2025, 09:01 AM	#3
George Hamilton Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2025 Location: Deephaven, Minnesota Posts: 5	Re: 1962 - 292 YBlock carb problem Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Thanks for the info