Re: IML: Carter AFB running Question

["Chris Strohmeyer" <chrisstroh@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I may have found part of the problem. I checked the vacuum and its around 15 
which is fine.
But, I checked the voltage at the coil while it's running and it's at 12 v. 
Should be 6v right? So I checked it at the ballast resistor and it's 12v on 
one side and 13.5 on the other. I think the ballast is wasted?

Your thoughts?
Chris
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "D. Howland" <howlands@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 1:30 PM
Subject: Re: IML: Carter AFB running Question


> Have you tried this:
> Run it at 2500 rpm. Close the choke plate (or block what you believe to be 
> the offending venturi(s)) with your hand. Does it get better? If you have 
> a fuel starvation issue and you block a bunch of air, it should smooth out 
> as the mixture improves.
>
> I'm not sure what the fuel is supposed to look like at that rpm as I'm 
> somewhat timid about sticking my face over a poor running carb at much 
> more than idle. I like my eyebrows intact.
>
> Daryl
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chris Strohmeyer" <chrisstroh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 1:04 PM
> Subject: IML: Carter AFB running Question/2 Budd calipers on the way 
> fr.calipersonline
>
>
> > Hi again experts,
> >
> > I'm having a running problem that I still think is carburetion.  It only 
> > idles ok, and runs erratically at say 2500 rpm.
> > This is what I've done so far:
> > Changed distributor, cap,rotor, wires and plugs. Also have tested it with 
> > another coil-same results. I've checked voltage to the coil too.
> > I've checked the compression cold and get 125 per cylinder across the 
> > board. The engine has about 30 k on it.
> > I've also sprayed/checked for vacuum leaks, it seems solid.
> > I have personally rebuilt the carb with a kit and have had the top off 
> > once to check to if the float level was ok..etc.
> > What I'm suspicious of the way the fuel looks going down the primary at a 
> > steady 2500 rpm.  It sort of drools unevenly in both venturis.  The 
> > "sucking"  sound it makes is not uniform.  I thought instead of slurping 
> > or drooling in, it should look more like a vapor going in.
> > When I shut it off and look down the carb it stays dry like the float 
> > level isn't too high.
> > I rebuilt the carb first because it ran this way before I did all this 
> > stuff. This still "feels" like a fuel problem.  If I had a spare good 
> > carb, that would certainly prove it.
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> > Thx,
> > Chris
> > 67 Imperial Convertible
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Kenyon Wills" <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 10:36 AM
> > Subject: IML: 1967-69 Budd Calipers available soon
>
>
>
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