=========================================================== **** Bounces like rubber! Shatters like ceramic! **** Discover Crazy Aaron's Thinking Putty in grown up handfuls. It's the creativity unleashing, mood enhancing desk toy! caab593b7yoMza/ Crazy Aaron Enterprises =========================================================== jeff,depending on your mileage you may have jumped a tooth on the timing chain? throw a light on it and see where its at.is there any black smoke comming out of the exhaust? this would tell you that it running rich. just the fact that its dieseling tends to make me look at the timing?? might wnat to also check the compression at each cylinder for possibale bent valve stem or head. Acuda4me@xxxxxxx wrote: > > > Okay, here's a LITTLE more info: the car is a 383 with a CARTER, 2bbl > carb. > Night before last I broke the throddle return spring and it ran at WOT > for a > few seconds until I could shut it down. With a new spring in place it > now > apparently runs VERY RICH. The new spring IS closing the throddle fully, > but the car > idles very high and drives itself with no accelerator pedal at about 25 > mpg. > After driving it, it diesles for and ETERNITY when you shut it down. You > would > know this would hapen the SAME day my old daily driver is picked up by > it's > new owner. Any help would be appreciated. > > - Jeff > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > jon lepage 1969 super bee,440,4spd 1965 ply sat,505 stroker,b1 heads,662hp,works in progress =========================================================== INSTANT CAR INSURANCE QUOTE! Save time, save money, and get the best deal. Get quote, buy, and print insurance cards online! caab599b7yoMzf/ Insurance4usa.com =========================================================== ---- Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. I.e., send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! '62 to '65 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html. b7yoMz.