Carb Starting Problems

[Ed Martin]

Something isn't right if a new Carb gives the same starting problems as the old one. I mentioned a few posts back about an electric pump possibly eliminating the problem. Did you check, when cold, if the carb is putting fuel in when you pump the throttle. When cold take off Air Cleaner and look into carb and move throttle to see if its pumping gas. Could be weak fuel pump. As I said before Mopars love to start when cold.

Thanks tonysrt. The first thing on my next startup, I will check under the hood before starting, to see whether the accel pump is putting in fuel. On the first try with the new carb, I filled the bowl with about 50 ml of fuel, and therefore it was getting fuel. On the second try, I didn't check under the hood until after I had attempted to start it, thinking I would try just one pump on the pedal first because I though I flooded it the first time (with too many pumps). You may be right about the fuel pump ... I'll see what happens.