Re: Push Button Controlled Ultramatic

Posted by Mr.Pushbutton  On 2010/9/12 23:29:42

Don't mess with starting either (fluid), the car doens't run on it, use gas! Get a plastic squeeze bottle, about a one pint size, with a tapered (pointed) spout. Fill that up with gas, remove the air cleaner and locate the bowl vent--easy on the Rochester 4GC, the brass tube protruding at an angle into the throat of the carb. Take the pointed spout of the priming bottle and fill the bowl via the vent tube until it overflows, then open the throttle plates and give a little squirt down the carb, just enough to kick the engine. The bowl full of gas should be enough to run the engine for 30 seconds or so, during which time the system should prime itself. If it doesn't, you know what to fix first. The problem with either is that it just gives a momentary "run", not enough to prime. I have used this methind for years, and started cars that weren't staying running at all on starting fluid.