Carter AFB running Question

["D. Howland" <howlands@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Have you tried this:
Run it at 2500 rpm. Close the choke plate (or block what you believe to be 
the offending venturi(s)) with your hand. Does it get better? If you have a 
fuel starvation issue and you block a bunch of air, it should smooth out as 
the mixture improves.

I'm not sure what the fuel is supposed to look like at that rpm as I'm 
somewhat timid about sticking my face over a poor running carb at much more 
than idle. I like my eyebrows intact.

Daryl
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Strohmeyer" <chrisstroh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 1:04 PM
Subject: IML: Carter AFB running Question/2 Budd calipers on the way 
fr.calipersonline


> Hi again experts,
>
> I'm having a running problem that I still think is carburetion.  It only 
> idles ok, and runs erratically at say 2500 rpm.
> This is what I've done so far:
> Changed distributor, cap,rotor, wires and plugs. Also have tested it with 
> another coil-same results. I've checked voltage to the coil too.
> I've checked the compression cold and get 125 per cylinder across the 
> board. The engine has about 30 k on it.
> I've also sprayed/checked for vacuum leaks, it seems solid.
> I have personally rebuilt the carb with a kit and have had the top off 
> once to check to if the float level was ok..etc.
> What I'm suspicious of the way the fuel looks going down the primary at a 
> steady 2500 rpm.  It sort of drools unevenly in both venturis.  The 
> "sucking"  sound it makes is not uniform.  I thought instead of slurping 
> or drooling in, it should look more like a vapor going in.
> When I shut it off and look down the carb it stays dry like the float 
> level isn't too high.
> I rebuilt the carb first because it ran this way before I did all this 
> stuff. This still "feels" like a fuel problem.  If I had a spare good 
> carb, that would certainly prove it.
>
> Any thoughts?
> Thx,
> Chris
> 67 Imperial Convertible
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kenyon Wills" <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 10:36 AM
> Subject: IML: 1967-69 Budd Calipers available soon
>
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