I'm hoping that the collective wisdom of the group can help me get my "new" '68 Newport started.
I just bought it a couple weeks ago and I believe it had been sitting for a few years. The owner told me that the last time he ran it was on the way home from a shop that rebuilt his carb. The carb started to overflow and he parked it and this is where my story with it starts.
It's getting cold here (highs in the 40's on a good day) so I'm not sure how much of my starting problems are temperature related.
I can get it to fire but it won't stay running. It will fire on gas or starting fluid. Neither one will do more than just cause it to fire a few times.
The cylinder compression ranges from 140psi to 165psi with most of them hovering around 150psi.
When I depress the accelerator I can see fuel squirting into the 2 barrels (2bbl carb).
I haven't checked the timing yet.
Could the idle passage in the carb be plugged up? Where should I go from here?
Thanks!
'68 Newport Custom
I just bought it a couple weeks ago and I believe it had been sitting for a few years. The owner told me that the last time he ran it was on the way home from a shop that rebuilt his carb. The carb started to overflow and he parked it and this is where my story with it starts.
It's getting cold here (highs in the 40's on a good day) so I'm not sure how much of my starting problems are temperature related.
I can get it to fire but it won't stay running. It will fire on gas or starting fluid. Neither one will do more than just cause it to fire a few times.
The cylinder compression ranges from 140psi to 165psi with most of them hovering around 150psi.
When I depress the accelerator I can see fuel squirting into the 2 barrels (2bbl carb).
I haven't checked the timing yet.
Could the idle passage in the carb be plugged up? Where should I go from here?
Thanks!
'68 Newport Custom