| j.grif | -- 02-06-2011 @ 10:54 AM |
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was wondering what would cause the 97stromberg to flood sometimes when tryiing to start the 21 stud flathead. Float level,jets?? And the engine runs best(to me) when the distributor side advance is maxed out to the top. Hasn't been too long ago that it was machine adjusted. Normal or back to shop?? Thanks for the help
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| supereal | -- 02-06-2011 @ 11:25 AM |
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Carb "flooding" often results from using the choke when starting. Most old Fords don't require it unless something else is wrong. Check your float adjustment, and be sure that the float needle is seating. We sometimes find a tiny metal shaving there, probably from tightening a fitting. As for the advance, because today's fuel is higher octane than that when the car was built, usually setting the timing slide on the distributor at the highest range is done. When we rebuild a distributor, we check the initial advance, about 4 degrees, and then set the slider at maximum advance. After setting up the distributor on the machine, we do the final "tweaking" with a vacuum gauge. This message was edited by supereal on 2-6-11 @ 11:46 AM
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| j.grif | -- 02-06-2011 @ 12:35 PM |
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Thanks Super. Appreciate it
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