LT'sCharger
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I am having issues with our 72 Charger. We bought it from a widow and brought it home in March. It has sat mostly since 2017. Ever since the day that we brought it home, It was hard to start. I had to crank it and pump the pedal a lot to get it to start. Now, starting last week, it will not start at all. When I pour a little gas in the carb, it starts right up. If I rev it a bit and keep the RPM's up, it will continue to run. I have done this for several minutes, just to confirm that it is really getting gas and the fuel pump is working. As soon as I let off the pedal and it returns to idle, it slowly stalls. Once it stalls, it will not start again until I pour more gas in the carb. When I look inside the carb while I move the throttle manually, I see no fuel squirting from any accelerator pumps. To be honest, I am new to mopars and this is the first thermoquad that I have looked at, so I am not even sure if I should be able to see fuel squirting from the accelerator pump. I am thinking that the idle is too lean and that the accelerator pumps are not working. Also, one additional thing to note is that the car has been VERY weak when starting off the line. Once I am rolling and the RPM's are up, it accelerates nicely, but from a dead stop, it has no guts at all. Also, there appears to be a vaccuum port on the front of the carb that has no hose or no plug. Could this be a problem?
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