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#27340 02/08/2004 4:56 AM | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 101 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 101 | I've never had this carb in my fat paws, but just looking at it as mounted all I can see is a "14" cast on the side facing the left fender. From other posts I've read I'm guessing it's a Holley 2 bbl. Anyway the bottom section is always wet, and I noticed today that when I pump it, gas drips on the back side near the throttle linkage.
Carb is all clean and shiny and I was told it was rebuilt.
My questions are: Does this sound like it may be a holley? Where would it be marked? Why does it leak when I pump it?
I'm also wondering how to set the idle mixture? I've read that you can set a single barrel with a vacuum gauge to get max vacuum at idle. How do you do it having 2 bbls to deal with?
Finally, after this I'll shut up. Does anybody know where I can get a carb spacer (insulator) for this 2 bbl?
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#27341 02/08/2004 7:00 AM | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 | Can you post a picture of the carburator?
Most two barrels have two idle mixture screws. You start with them the same number of turns out and adjust them the same number of turns simultaneously just like you would with a 1 bbl. The best way is with a vacuum gauge. Once you get them peaked together you can tweak each one a bit either way to get the absolute highest vacuum reading you can on the gauge.
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#27343 02/11/2004 3:59 PM | Joined: May 2003 Posts: 68 Member | | Member Joined: May 2003 Posts: 68 | Mine sits on top of a governor. How about yours? Could it be a worn part somewhere or a hairline crack? 
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#27344 02/12/2004 2:30 AM | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 101 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 101 | Nope. No governor on mine, but I've got a picture of the motor as it was found in a field, with vines growing up around it. It had a governor then. I didn't take the picture so I have no idea what truck it came out of, although I think the motor is a 1953. | | |
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