Re: IML: Tapping on '65 Carb

[randalpark@xxxxxxx]

Once, when I romped the accelerator on my '65, the car began belching 
black smoke and tried to die. Removing the air cleaner, I saw the choke 
was wide open. I guessed that the floats in the carb had stuck, so I 
tapped on the (driver's) side of the carb with the handle of a screw 
driver, and the condition was corrected. I later soaked the carb in 
gasoline and never had another problem.

Maybe something like this was what the roomate had in mind. At the 
time, I discovered that using spary carb cleaner on cars that sit in a 
damp climate strips away anything that might curb corrosion resulting 
from moisture in the air. Corrosion causes the moving parts to become 
stiff.

Paul W.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bogart3147@xxxxxxx
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tue, 1 May 2007 12:56 PM
Subject: Re: IML: 1965 electricals

It was from the driver's side.
 
 
Timothy,
  From which direction did he hit the carb?  That could be
important, as he may have knocked something on the way down or on
the rebound.




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