[T3] Ok all you carb experts...

[crash 69]

Are the throttle shafts tight?

Have you checked all vacuum leaks?

On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 10:35 PM, <Bobsnotch at aol.com> wrote:

> In a message dated 6/3/2011 9:30:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> topnotch at nycap.rr.com writes:
>
> This  spring I got it running, adjusted and sync'd the carbs and it ran and
> idled  perfectly.  Drove it a couple miles, no  problem.  Now after  having
> it
> in and out of the garage a few times its back to the same  problem, no
> idle,
> will accelerate if pumped but not with the throttle just  opened, sometimes
> it would idle a bit on the left carb but nothing from the  right.  I can
> floor it sometimes and it will just bog down and very  slowly recover.
>
> What I know is right.
> Has good fuel  pressure
> Carbs are all clear, or they were anyway.
> It's a 65 with no  idle cutoffs, so its not that.
> Vacuum advance works properly, stock dizzy.  good spark.
> Adjusted and sync'd properly, as it was running and idling  perfectly just
> a
> couple weeks ago.
>
> Im at a loss. had these things  apart and found nothing, don't want to pull
> them apart again as I cant get  the gasket kits anylonger and it didn't
> solve
> the problem anyway.
>
> I  HATE CARBS!  Woulda had this fixed if it were FI..   :-)
>
>
> Any ideas??
>
>
> Sounds  like it's ingested something in the right carb. How clean were the
> fuel line  and fuel tank? Is the fuel filter still clean, or is there trash
> in it? I know  you probably checked these things, but...
>
>
> Bob 65 Notch  S with sunroof and IRS (Krusty)
> 71 Notch (Krunchy)
> 64 T-34 Ghia  (Wolfie)
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