Thanks to those who posted welcome msgs. when I registered a few days ago. I couldn't respond at the time, the approval hadn't come back. Now I don't see the welcome wagon page to find those msgs. again.
My 65 Fury wagon needs a carb fixed, I have the orig. & a 30 yr. old replacement. Neither will idle. The replacement is a rebuilt that I put on when the original started acting up. I posted about this on A bodies a year or 2 ago and tried the carb spray fixes suggested, no results. I want to try vat soaking them for a fix, before tearing them down (again). A friend soaked my 1 bbl Dart 6 carb many years ago. His fleet service shop kept a vat of carb cleaner in the shop. Soaking over a weekend solved the plugged idle passage problem back then, at no charge.
Is soaking carbs still legal & still done? My friend died years ago & I haven't checked the local scene for this kind of service recently.
The original factory carb. is a Stromberg WW 3-251A, 2bbl, meant for the 318 engine w/auto. trans., according to the manual. The other is a 249A which is for the 273 engine, according to the book.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
Lou
My 65 Fury wagon needs a carb fixed, I have the orig. & a 30 yr. old replacement. Neither will idle. The replacement is a rebuilt that I put on when the original started acting up. I posted about this on A bodies a year or 2 ago and tried the carb spray fixes suggested, no results. I want to try vat soaking them for a fix, before tearing them down (again). A friend soaked my 1 bbl Dart 6 carb many years ago. His fleet service shop kept a vat of carb cleaner in the shop. Soaking over a weekend solved the plugged idle passage problem back then, at no charge.
Is soaking carbs still legal & still done? My friend died years ago & I haven't checked the local scene for this kind of service recently.
The original factory carb. is a Stromberg WW 3-251A, 2bbl, meant for the 318 engine w/auto. trans., according to the manual. The other is a 249A which is for the 273 engine, according to the book.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
Lou