Time to dot some “I”s and cross some “t”s with this car! I have kinda half heartedly tried to sell it recently, and didn’t get much of a response (not really surprised) so I figure, if it is staying with me, let’s get some more stuff done! First up, the darn idle was not idling again. Yup…primary idle circuit plugged up. But this time it was not the jet, but in the carb body! Blasted it out with compressed air and that fixed that. Next up: the air cleaner. As you may recall, I put a DGS carb on this car. Here is the throat on that carb:
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I could not find an air filter anywhere that would fit that. My last attempt at hooking it all together failed miserably, so this time I spot welded two hose clamps to the bottom of the original air cleaner, and reused the plastic ring that came on the top of the carb when I bought it. There were a couple of small gaps that I filled in with caulk. Here it is all painted up. I tighten up one of the clamps, and it is not going anywhere!
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Beautiful? Nope. Does it work? So far.
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Next up: idle jet clogging issue. I think that jb weld I posted about a while back may not be as “impervious” as they say. Or the car magically sells. Stay tuned!