Re: IML: 72 Runs Bad, Usually & More

[George Roller <gsroller54@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks to everbody for your sage advice.  a couple of
things:  The car initially died shortly after I
accelerated briskly up to 70 or so.  It died at the
top of a small hill.  Since I have only logged about
200 miles on the car,  I did not know if the gas gauge
was incorrect, and tried the pour-fuel-in-carb trick
to see if it was a fuel supply problem.  This did not
work.  It seemed ignition related, and I was without
tools. I have always put in the premium fuel in the
car and had added a can of Lead Substitute recently. I
also pulled the fuel line off of  the carb and cranked
the engine and it filled my glass jar very quickly. My
neighbor with a Studebaker thinks it is that
new-fangled e lectronic eggnition.  I will try
anyting,
Thanks again

--- George Roller <gsroller54@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Oh, wise ones:
> My Imperial frustrates me so!  I bought this car in
> March.  The previous owner bragged about putting a
> new
> Edlebrock carb on this car, at great personal
> expense,
> but he belived that it "needed tweeking".  I drove
> the
> car 90 miles home without much problem.  I took it
> to
> a carb expert garage that had it running just great.
> 
> That is until it died suddenly, and would not start.
> Some carb diddling ensued.  Different metering rods,
> 
> some wimpier spings, a bending of the floats and all
> seemed right with the world.  Ran great, Until I
> started it the next day.  Now it is running real
> rich,
>  backfiring, and dies occasionally. Cant really
> drive
> it like this.  The garage thought that maybe the
> carb
> is too big for the '72.  (it is a 75ocfm I think)
> Is this possible.  Oh, I also noticed that two of
> the
> vacuume hoses that run to the canister located in
> the
> right front are just cut off.  This looks like an
> old
> modification. Any thoughts?  Oh, I found the old
> Holly
> rusting away in the leaking trunk.   Thanks   George
> Roller.
> 
> '72 Lebaron 4 Dr
> White with Black Top & Black Leather Int.
> 
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