Recent content by Kuz

Take some pics of the old line before you remove it to confirm the routing and the contours/bends in the line. You will probably have to bend the line here and there to install it, reference photos will help you get it back oriented correctly. I would put some tape over the ends of the line to...

You might bring an extra bottle of Grey Poupon......

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Sound like you plugged your vacuum gauge into a ported vacuum source and not a manifold vacuum source. Ported vacuum works as you described, there's little-to-none at idle, and the vacuum begins to rise as soon as you open the throttle. Manifold vacuum on the other hand will be highest at idle...

You should have a vacuum fitting coming off the base of the carb. It may be getting used by your distributor vacuum advance. What model Stromberg?

What does a vacuum gauge read at idle?

When did this start? After a fresh rebuild? Or did it just start out of the blue? Can you post a couple pics of your valvetrain? It would help if we knew what hardware you were running. My first thought was rocker arm interference on the top of the valve spring, keeping the valve open. Similar...

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