Carb problem

Hello,
I have a '63 Eco pickup with a carb? problem. Has a small Holley but not like the ones in the manuals. I can squirt a little gas in the carb & the engine will fire right up & run till the gas is gone. It has an electric fuel pump & a filter right at the carb. The pump pumps gas right to the carb. There is a fitting that the filter screws into & it seems that the gas does not go thru that fitting. Has a little plunger in it. I thought that my fuel pump was to strong so I bought one with less pressure. What is that fitting? Cannot find it on a parts picture. I guess that I haven't found the right carb pic? I am 1/2" from starting my Eco.

Thanx Much!
Brat

That looks a lot like my carb but has small Holley on the left side? I'm getting gas up to that brass piece between the filter & carb. If I take the hose loose, gas flies from pressure. It's like it gets to the brass piece & stops. I have taken it off & it seems fine?

Thanx Much!

float is stuck !! SHUT!!=wont allow gas into the float bowl!! remove the top & look @ float & needle & seat !! Likely just needs a cleaning & new kit installed! 

OK, I'll check it out. Also, on the slider piece below the brass piece(has 3 slots in it). I am in the center slot. I took it loose and did not remember which slot to be in. What is that thing for?

Thanx Much!
Bratbike

Yep, float (or more likely needle and seat) stuck shut. Remove and clean the parts, reinstall and check to see that the float level is reasonable. A rule of thumb is that the top of the float or the seam is level. Not hanging down, not tilted up when the float is lifted by the fuel to the point when the gas lifts the float and closes the needle and seat.
Typcal carb fuel pressures are 3-4 psi for smaller 2 bbls, 4-6 psi for 4 barrels.

The 3 slot deal is to adjust the accelerator pump shot for different applications. A rebuild kit should detail which is the exact correct slot for your engine/trans. However, what they sell as "Gas" today is much different than what the carb was designed for and you may find it works better in another slot. Since it's in the middle, I'd say run it unless you get really bad MPG (too much pump shot) or it hesitates a lot on acceleration (too little). It will probably be fine once you get the rest working and adjusted.

I used carb cleaner & a little air pressure on fuel entrance. The engine now starts & running:cheers:  but only with the choke on . Now what? 

I haven't touched any screws yet. At least it runs with the choke on. What does spraying the outside of the carb do?

Your idle circuit is likely gummed up, or a vacuum leak, possibly a stuck or missing check ball in the carb as well. I'd get a kit for the carb and go through it from top to bottom inside and out. When I got my econo it wouldn't run without some choke. I rebuilt the carb and found it to have been rebuilt previously wrong, missing a check ball and a weight and 2 check balls where there should have been one.