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[silverscottsk10]

So about a month ago now is took off the edelbrock to rebuild it
Everything went smooth
Put it back on the truck now truck won't run
First turn over it ran to 2000 rpm but wouldn't drop
Second run adjusted idle screw and fuel/air screws In
Just sputters around 350-400 rpm acts like too much fuel
Adjusted fuel/air back out
Still sputters around 350-400
Barely fires each cylinder, not reading on tach, almost like a dieseling issue, puffs through carb.
Adjusted timing to retard
Still sputters 350-400 rpm and puffs through carb
Thought maybe vacuum leak
Or fuel line leak
Any suggestions?
I need the truck up n going by march 25 for a show


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[350runner]

maybe the fuel float it's out of adjustment.

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[silverscottsk10]

I adjusted it to the specs
It acts like it's out of time but I haven't removed the dizzy or wires
It drove before taking the carb off
Now I can't get it to run


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[350runner]

sputtering and puffing through the carb are signs of the engine running lean.

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[silverscottsk10]

I'll adjust it out more
Anything else to think of?


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[bucket]

It's the same carb as before, right?

 

[silverscottsk10]

Yes sir


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[bucket]

If it ran before and now it doesn't, you may need to tear down the carb and make sure everything is still fine. I'm assuming you started off with everything set the same as before? Idle mixture, accel pump lever, etc.

 

[silverscottsk10]

Yes sir
I really don't want to tear it back down since I don't have any extra gaskets


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[rich weyand]

Did you do ANYTHING else when you rebuilt the carb?

 

[silverscottsk10]

Replaced choke and throttle cable
Neither are binding up
However after looking at it a little while ago the throttle linkage doesn't return to the idle screw
Maybe 1/16 away from it and I gotta pull it to touch and it feels like it's getting binded up right there
The idle screw is set to where it was idling at 850 rpm before I removed it



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[silverscottsk10]

Replaced gaskets and fuel line and filter today
Verified timing and found it to be good
Still won't idle below 1000rpm on one start up
The next turn over it won't fire
There's no in between of not running and 2000rpm
I'm at my whits end
I need the truck due to both me and girlfriend's schedules



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[350runner]

where is the base timing set exactly? have you checked for leaks? What gaskets were replaced?

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[silverscottsk10]

Set at 0 now
8 advanced piped through carb and 8 after popped through exhaust
0 is the medium I found
And the carb gaskets between intake and spacer
I can't hear any leaks over the engine and no air leaks in fuel line


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[350runner]

i would take buckets advice and dig back into the carb. maybe something isn't seating right or clogged

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