Re: "For the want of a pin......"

Posted by Jim L. in OR On 2012/7/26 20:42:06

Well folks, it's been an interesting day...
The good news is that after digging around in a box of parts that came back with the car, I was able to find the original pin though not the hair-pin clip that went with it. No problem there, the shop had plenty.

The next step was the problem I was taking the car back for in the first place. Hard starting in the morning and stumbling or dying when trying to pull away from a stop. It didn't seem to make much difference whether the engine was hot or cold or somewhere in between. My guy had a hunch and played it. He suspected the accelerator pump on the carb. The reason was even though I'd rebuilt the carb before taking it to them; when they had simular problems it turned out to be the rubber parts of the pump had come apart. They got a new kit and rebuilt the carb themselves. He opened the carb up and sure enough, the rubber plunger was in two pieces. This after limited running the engine for testing purposes and almost a month of driving by me. I knew I had seen a couple of old style leather plungers that were in both the carb on the car and the parts carb I bought on 3-Bay. Drove home, got the two plungers and came back. By now it was the end of the day so they'll try it with the best of the two leather plungers tomorrow.

The bad news is that both kits came new from NAPA and both kits had nothing but "Made in USA" stamped all over them - not a "Made in China", or "Outer Mongolia" or "Dark Side of the Moon" in sight! I find that pathetic!

Does anyone know of a manufacturer of carb kits that uses materials that will at least tolerate alcohol for more than a month?