John Barbieri
True Classic
car was running fine today, stopped somewhere for a minute, started the car back up first thing I noticed was my idle went from 900rpm where it normally is, down to 500 rpm and almost immediately, as soon as I was on the road and I hit the gas, the car started bucking like a mule... I remember these same symptoms before, years ago when I was using this car a daily driver, before it was rebuilt. I took it to a mechanic who discovered my jets were getting clogged from old coked up oil coming from the crankcase breather... these days I don't run the crankcase breather into the carb so I tried cleaning the jets anyways, I get about a 1/8 mile down the road and it bucks like a mule all over again or just bogs down/hesitates and I limp it back home to try another remedy...
I have tried two different fuel pumps:
moving the check valve from the fuel return line to the line coming from the fuel pump into the carb,:
tried a new fuel filter:
tried pulling the pick up from the tank and cleaning the filter bag;
checked for vacuum leaks, none to be found...
short of rebuilding the carb I don't know what else to do and if that doesn't work, replace the whole fuel system carb, fuel pump, check valve and fuel tank pick up with brand new replacements?
man, these cars are nothing but problems, barely fix one minor problem and get stuck with two more... f*** me...
I have tried two different fuel pumps:
moving the check valve from the fuel return line to the line coming from the fuel pump into the carb,:
tried a new fuel filter:
tried pulling the pick up from the tank and cleaning the filter bag;
checked for vacuum leaks, none to be found...
short of rebuilding the carb I don't know what else to do and if that doesn't work, replace the whole fuel system carb, fuel pump, check valve and fuel tank pick up with brand new replacements?
man, these cars are nothing but problems, barely fix one minor problem and get stuck with two more... f*** me...