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Juan Cano
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I fought the same issue with a 73 Chevy Beauville van, it gets hard on the leg and foot muscles on a long drive. It's not nit picky in...
May 5, 2022
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I want to say I had an eddy on an old carb truck I used to have. 350 sbc. It was sort of stiff in nature, I switched over to a holley in...
May 3, 2022
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This^ I had a stiff pedal too. And come to find out it was the bend between the carb and firewall. I straighten it out some by adjusting...
May 3, 2022
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NP! It seems that perhaps that is just how the Edelbrock carbs are, stiff. I should just be happy that the truck runs and shifts well...
May 3, 2022
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That's ok, the one thing about text vs voice is it's not like we can hear the deflection in voice tone or the look on your face so...
May 3, 2022
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Yeah, maybe is just the way the eddy carbs operate and I am just being a cry baby, lol!!! Thanks for the post.
May 3, 2022
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Eddy carb on our truck too. Throttle cable, kickdown cable and cruise all work smoothly, but the pedal pressure required seems...
May 3, 2022
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If you got a sticking TV cable, you may wanna address that. That's no Bueno for the ol 700's life expectancy
May 3, 2022
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Are you opposed to using lubrication to improve your situation? Metal on metal does not move freely, lubrication is your friend. Most...
May 3, 2022
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BTW....My carb was an Edelbrock,too........and there are no bushing kits for the base plate.........
May 3, 2022
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Mines the same way, it's a bugger to push on the gas pedal. I'm guessing my springs are to stiff. Yours look way to big. I have mine...
May 3, 2022
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Update: I replaced the vacuum cap, not with tape but a proper cap. I removed the throttle cable from the linkage and the cable moves...
May 3, 2022
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I wasn't being cynical, sorry if it came across that way. I replaced the vacuum cap!
May 3, 2022
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I'm not really sure what your trying to say, but there is an obvious crack in your vacuum cap / plug on the carb in the picture, and...
May 3, 2022
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Update: Fixed the vacuum plug. Also unhooked the accelerator cable from the carb, and it moves freely. It's more like the lever as it...
May 3, 2022
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