So, I started up my engine yesterday and it seemed to be running a little rough. Climed out and opened the hood while it was running to check things out and gas was running out of the side of the carb! I quickly shut it down, and it took a good couple of minutes for the gas to stop leaking out.
Went back this morning, the fuel filter was empty. Pulled the top of the carb off to check it out, found that the measurements for the floats were off. I got them back to where they should be, put everything back together, started it up and no problems.
So...how could the float settings have changed? It was running fine before this, and had been for several months. It's good now, but I am still mystified.
Tim
I am currently digging back in to a 1953 3800 (one ton) with a nine foot bed. I've owned it since 1979, and drove it until 1982 (or so). My wife got me involved in restoring it back in 2002, got the body removed and the frame redone, then things came up. Now I am retired and starting again. If anyone is interested I have photos on Imagur (
https://timwhiteblues.imgur.com/ ). I live way back in the woods in the Ozarks on 40 acres at the end of a 2 1/2 mile private road.
Tim
