Thanks a lot. Before I tightened the mounting nuts I worked the throttle and noticed that the bottom gasket was getting wet with gas. Is that flooding or just a result of insufficient torque? Probably a dumb question, sorry.

I proceded to tighten the mounting nuts and tried to start it up. The motor would fire but not run unless I gave it some gas and had the choke out a bit. After a few min it would only idle with the choke out. I turned the idle speed way up so I could get it to idle and then attempted to reset the speed and mix. Not sure if this is correct but it was all I could do at the time...


I bought a vac gauge and was able to get the hot idle speed down to 600 rpm with 18-20 in/hg. Any lower rpms than that it seemed really unstable at idle. Will the faster idle hurt anything? Or am I overthinking things?

Lee

1951 Chevrolet 1/2 Ton
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