Re: Carburetor Question Carter WA-1

Posted by Packard Newbie On 2018/7/6 12:35:12

Joe: I knew what you meant (thanks for clarifying Dave) and we did go and buy a new pressure/vacuum gauge and have checked as per the instructions.
Don: great points.... one thing of note: we did take the linkage apart and found it was not hooked up properly - that is rectified and the accelerator pedal is like silk now and bottoms out at the carb as it should. Plus we lubricated all the moving parts of the linkage. I am running the electric pump only, bypassing the diaphragm pump for now. The 'clear' lines you reference Don are just clear inline filters that allow me to see if I am getting fuel and if it were boiling I expect I would see some bubbles. I do not think that is the cause as it has stalled when not even up to full temp on a cool day. And yes, we did check the pressure and are reading
3 3/4 #'s at the carb which is pretty close to spec. This is the 3rd carb with the last 2 being fresh rebuilds right out of the box with no change in the stalling symptoms so I am loathe to blame it on carburetion

I have one remedy that I am going to try tomorrow and will report on that if it makes any difference. Bear with me.