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You guys all helped me out a few months back ... (...
They have but thankfully they are in the trunk.
Thank you everyone for your inputs, I'll run it all by my pal. Here's the car, a very nice original (other than the wheel covers) and well worth...
Thank you. I'm trying to find out just how much water was in the pan. Thanks for your view
Thank you, appreciated.
Good point, thanks.
A friend here in the UK has inherited his Father's 58 Corvette & it transpires coolant has got into the oil pan. He's been advised it could be...
Jon, firstly my sincere apologies for my so slow reply to your so quick reply! I'm really grateful for the above, I refitted the carb to the car...
Hello again Jon, a little further advice for this UK resident if you could please? - I just had to have this carb apart again (wouldn't run &...
Jon, thank you so much for such a quick reply & all your help on this, much appreciated.
Hello again Jon, I finally found time to get this carb back together & hope to put it on the car this week & wondered if you could tell me the...
THANK YOU for such a swift reply. Appreciate it.
Jon. that was a big help, thank you. I played around with the mech & sure enough it now works as a dashpot & exactly to your measurements above!...
Here you go Jon, found them :-)
I'm at a loss - took it apart ( again! ), cleaned it all out thoroughly with carb cleaner & air lined it right thru & it started up & ran fine....
That would be great if you could please Jon, as I would like to get this hooked up properly. The numbers I can find on it are 6- 1407. Thank you...
Thank you Jon, for the clarity ( I'm a UK customer of yours ). Could I ask you to take a look at my photos & tell me if that linkage set up is...
Interesting - on mine, when the cam starts to open the secondaries, the pump pushes down, not up ... unless I received it with the cam set up...
Definitely not the former, only the pump on the other side does that BUT you may have inadvertently solved the puzzle because the dashpot goes...
The accelerator pump is the other side ... & 3 different parts instructions list it as a dashpot.
I thought the same initially but is a dashpot I thought the same but pump is the other side & 3 parts leaflets list it as a dashpot.
So I've an external dashpot on my Buick's Rochester carb, which I totally get but I've this built in one on the Carter AFB 1407 on my Lincoln that...
No 91 over here unfortunately.
Thank you ... hoping to give it a go tomorrow.
So I thought I had this licked - took the car out & she ran smooth & pulled like a train & now happily starts when cold or hot ... BUT even though...
My 58 Buick factory fuel pump is tiring & I am thinking of putting a Holley 12-801-1 on her, as I've had the same on my Lincoln for years & it's...
Yes, I'm thinking of doing just that ... I have one fitted on the Lincoln & starting is so much better in all conditions.
THANK YOU all for your input, I really appreciate it - I took the carb apart & there was one slither of rubber in the primary float bowl, from the...
FURTHER ISSUES - PLEASE READ MY LAST COMMENT IN THIS THREAD, I APPRECIATE IT. Hi, UK here with a 58 Buick Limited Coupe that has been laid up...
This 1850 was also used on my 1958 430... according to my original workshop manual & parts list book. From your preference towards the Carter, is...
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