Modern fuels with ethanol evaporate quicker. So if your car sits a week or two all the gas in the carb will evaporate and you'll have to crank it to fill the bowls before getting a good squirt from the accelerator pump to start. The only fool proof fix is to use an electric fuel pump and let it fill the bowls before cranking. This can be done two ways. Either bypass the mechanical pump altogether or use a separate fuel line with check valves which will bypass the mechanical pump only for initial start. Unfortunately this is a problem we have to suffer with due to today's crappy fuels.
On Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at 2:00:29 PM UTC-5, Mark Evans wrote:
I took my 59 Plymouth to the Ct Mopar night cruise, over 150 Mopar‘s in attendance, total of 400 cars.
It’s about 150 mile round-trip drive
My car ran great except for two issues
1) I have the in-line dual Carter AFBs in a stock set up.
After sitting a month or more, it takes a while to start, I can crank until the oil light goes out in short bursts, I do not get fuel the carbs, if I hit it with a dash of starting fluid it pops right over. After that the car will start the next morning and every other time until it sets.
Is this normal or do I have some other problem that needs attention, I was told that the fuel drains back to the fuel tank it takes a while for fuel reach the curbs??
I do not like to use starting fluid
2). Is it normal not for a 745 three speed tranny not to downshift when you approach a good size hill automatically?
I can step on it to the floor and get passing gear
These both might be normal problems, but I was looking for a fix ,to make it a better driver
Sorry for the long email,
Mark
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