Re: [FWDLK] tricky trouble-shoot

[Scott Monfort <sdm@NTR.NET>]

    If you're having rough running and suspect a vacuum leak, spray some
carb cleaner around the carb's base plate and the intake to head mating
surface. If the engine smooths out you have a leak, but you now know where
it is too.
                                                           Scott

-----Original Message-----
From: Forward Look Mopar Discussion List
[mailto:L-FORWARDLOOK@LISTS.PSU.EDU]On Behalf Of Richard Zapata
Sent: Friday, October 15, 1999 7:15 PM
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@LISTS.PSU.EDU
Subject: [FWDLK] tricky trouble-shoot


Hi all.  Here's one that caught me twice. The engine has a bad miss at
idle. I check the cylinders by grounding at the dist. cap. HALF my
cylinders are dead !!!  One could spend $ on new plugs, wires, ... or
even more on a shop to check it.  Alas-- years gone by someone replaced
the carb and the mounting surface of the intake manifold is very narrow
-- the carb bottom has grooves and ports -- there was a slight gap !!
Easy to miss !!  A close look at the gasket shows the 2 mounting
surfaces just missed in one spot !! An EZ fix would be a carb plate
between them.  Rich
 ps- we're having another hurricane here in Fla. !!