[FWDLK] Carb Question Followup

[Ron Waters <ronbo97@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

All -

I think we found the problem. The accelerator pump was at fault. It was
sticking in the bore, so when you throttled it, no gas would come out. We
swapped out the accelerator pump with a different one, which slid down the
bore very nicely. Now the car starts and accelerates nicely, and, after
warming up and shutting the engine off, will restart almost immediately.

Thanks to everyone that sent feedback to my question.

Ron


> >Hi Gang -
> >
> >I hope I haven't asked this already, but I'm having problems restarting
my
> >58 Plymouth after it warms up. I get the car running, warm it up, shut
the
> >engine off, then when I try to restart, say 20 seconds later, it just
> >cranks.
> >
> >Here's what I noticed in doing my own testing: When I crank the throttle
and
> >look down the throat of the carb, I see no gas squirting out. Also if I
move
> >the throttle, the accelerator pump just stays there--it doesn't come down
> >with the lever. When I press down on the accelerator pump rod to make it
go
> >down the chamber, it squirts gas into the carb. Then I can turn the key
and
> >start the car.
> >
> >Carb is a Stromberg 2bbl. Just rebuilt, although I was having this
problem
> >before the rebuild. The accelerator pump is brand new. Could the
accelerator
> >pump spring be weak ? That was not replaced since it wasn't included in
the
> >Bernbaum rebuild kit.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Ron
> >
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