FUEL PROBLEM SOLVED: This morning I ran my fingers along the entire line clipped to the frame from the pump to the tank. I disconnected at the tank and pump and blew about 40 lbs of compressed air through the line. The other end had a rag taped to it, but just a little black stain came out with plenty of wind. We had a line coming up from the mech fuel pump and curving directly into the carb. 5 years ago or more I put a heat protective sheath on it.
John squeezed every inch of the line because you couldn't see the pipe and we thought we found a problem. It was a pinched off section that was hidden by the sheath. See photo with sheath and without. You'd never know.
We replaced the line and fittings. We went for a test drive, fully confident the prob was solved. But not so. We had the same result. We didn't even make it to the hill. We finally decided to remove my beautiful Stromberg and reinstall the beat up Carter. Guess what. The car runs as it should.
John thinks the floats may have holes in them. We did not open the Stromberg to find out. I'll be packing it up and shipping it back to Daytona to determine the cause.
Here's a little part of the test drive
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