Beause of loss of power, I disassembled and put in all new gaskets, etc. I did find a lot of rubber debris on the tiny filter screen. Problem is, when i re installed it, fuel does not find its way to the float chambers. My pressure gauge is high, and when loosened, the fuel inlet squirts fuel out. I can see the filter screen intact. So...what is the most common error that an amateur makes on reassembly, please!!
Botched Edelbrock 1407 rebuild?
- Thread starter Geff McCarthy
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Geoff 2
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N/seats could be jamming in the closed position. So no fuel will enter the carb. Remove carb top. Hold up & watch floats drop down. Needles should drop with floats. If not they are binding.
Unless the n/seats are severely worn, I do not use them in current o'haul kits. Don't trust them.
Unless the n/seats are severely worn, I do not use them in current o'haul kits. Don't trust them.
Thanks o ypu both. Yes I adjusted the floats to the Ed specs. I backed out the idle jets on the exterior to allow the pointed cut-offs that mate to the float, to drop down. Will try that again and if not, take off the top....ugh
dvw
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The baffel plate that sets in the bowl may be backwards. If so it will jam the float. It may bend the float and the plate. They can be straightened.
Doug
Doug
The screen did its job on the seats.
All that black rubber is from a hose on the carb side of your inline fuel filter.
You need a new section of hose, I would stick a new inline filter on the line also.
Check what dvw told you.
Also check that you do not have any sharp edges on your hard lines and fuel inlet.
All that black rubber is from a hose on the carb side of your inline fuel filter.
You need a new section of hose, I would stick a new inline filter on the line also.
Check what dvw told you.
Also check that you do not have any sharp edges on your hard lines and fuel inlet.
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