DOH! HELP!

Now is where I show my stupidity...LOL. OK, I pulled the gas tank cleaned all the rust & gunk out and patched and sealed it (Por15 kit). Put it back in and bent all new gas lines to the engine. Put in new gas pump. All the works...I get plenty of gas to the carb now. I also replaced the Distrib cap & rotor & plug wires (dude I bought from did the make-it-yourself wires & plugs only). I also replaced the points & condensor & vacuum advance in the distrib. All this becasue it ran like crap before. LMAO...it still runs like crap now. I have the proper firing order 1-5-3-6-2-4. I wired it just like he had it on the cap...just like the diagram in Chilton's shows. I even had the rotor point the same as when I took it out. When I try starting with it in the original position (how it was)...


...how I put it...

...how I have to turn it to get it to start and run like crap...

So, wtf am I doin wrong? I did notice the vacuum tube coming off the carb is very jiggly and moves in and out some where it is bolted on...which is what the distrib vacuum advance connects to. Dunno if that is really a prob or not.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. I never acquired the knack for tuning much more than turning the distrib to get it running then mess with a timing gun.

If I did it right...the points r set to .019 like Chilton's said (I had the little bumper thing sitting at the highest point of the corner on the nut that bumps it). SO, If I remember rightly...when I find TDC...I just make my #1 plug hole on the cap sit over where the rotor is pointing (which, depending on where that would put my vacuum adv means I might actually hafta pick a different hole altogether thatn the other dude was using)?

OK...LOL...will play with it more tomorrow I hope. I put the distrib back in like it was. Did turn it and get it to run. So I will fart with it some more. If it is the carb...what's the best one to buy (Rochester, Carter, other)? I think mines a Rochester Monojet.

Got tdc. Rearranged my plug wires. Replaced what looked like window wiper tubes that were being used on vac adv. Run fairly good for a couple of minutes...then started running like crap. It seems like the Carb fills with gas but won't barely pump it out? It was leaking between the bottom section and the middle. When I took it off gas gas in the line literally sprayed out initially...not what I am used to. It was supposedly rebuilt before and when I cracked it open it looked like jet an copper screw in piece it sits in were brand new. But, also a much smaller jet looking piece fell out and I'm not sure what it came from. Starter fluid did make it run better when it started action crappy.

Dude what r those xtra peices below the jet #9? Mine don't have them. Also I played with it more after dinner and notice my jet sticks. It does not always drop back down when the float does.

I also don't have #29. And it was Full of gas when I took it off.

Figured as much. I can see the slot for the baffle so it used to have one. Makes no diff in how it works? The prev owner had run it with the rusty nasty tank before deciding to reb the carb and adding a filter ( filter on fuel send was nonexistent). Wonder if anything's clogged? What would I do to check...run small wire into all holes?

I am rebuilding the carb. Based on Fig A & Fig B of the kit my float was barely moving. Here is my Q...if I read Fig D rightly, then I need to bend the peice (red arrow below) that holds my metering rod? When the diaphragm is fully depressed, I can still push my metering rod a good 1/8 inch, or more, before it bottoms out.

Hell with it! Thanks for all your help, it is much appreciated. But, this carb just doesn't want to work. Got it all back together like you and the rebuild kit said. The van ran almost perfect...for about 2 or 3 minutes. Then, just like before, it starts running like shit and dies and won;t start again for quite a while. Gas is leaking out of it again (despite my new screws, and yes I got them tight). And afterwards you can see gas trickling down the inside of it for a while. I think I will just buy a new one and be done with it..

The instructions called for 7/32 on Fig A and 1 1/4 on Fig B. That's what I set...the original setting were like 3/4 and 1...barely moved at all. I used the same gasket as it had...and hosnestly the only one of the three supplied that looked like a good matches anyway. I don't think the float is full of gas...I submerged in water before and saw no bubbles like it was leaking. Could be warped...who knows...some of the screws it had in it were carpentry screws and would not tighten...which is why I got the ones you see in the pics. I did not notice any cracks...but who knows.

Im with Don on this one. Pinholed floats are a BASTAGE to diagnose. Not very common, but common enough to warrant maybe checking again?

No, I did not squeeze it...lol. Maybe I will try again. Mine is the low vent...but you probably saw that in my pics above. And, it had the bigger 9/16 jet parts in it so that's what I put back in. And, yes, I bent the tabs at the end of the float to let it be 7/32...not perfectly level when upside down.

I gave up on the old Carb...lol. just put new one on today and MAN what a difference it makes. Now I just gotta play with the mix so it don't blow black smoke when I get on it.