Wednesday, November 14, 2012

New Carburetor

So in my previous post I mentioned that every time I stopped at a stop sign or a red light, my engine would stall.  I tried cleaning the carb with carb cleaner, but that didn't work.  Then I ran across an article on the web that instructed me in cleaning out the Ventri Tubes within the carb.  Although I did this, and wasted 1/2 day trying to figure it out, that was a fail as well.  Lastly, I thought - let me just suck it up and buy a new one.  Carburetors range in all kinds of types.  So I opted in getting a lower grade version from Advanced Auto Parts instead of a high dollar one.  I did this because later down the road, I plan on replacing carburetor with a fuel injection kit...but not till way, way down the road.  The new United Remanufactured Car was $299, but I got a $50 discount from ordering online.  So it was really only $250.  I took a picture of all the hoses and connections before I took off old carb (i'm learning!) so I can put back correctly.  After spending several hours on this, it was finally done.  I pressed the gas pedal a few times and it started right up.  I did a little test drive to see if I would stall at a stop sign - and WOW!!!  No more stalling issues.

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