[DeTomaso] OK, now what did I screw up?

[Art Stephens]

Charlie,
If your carb has mechanical secondaries, it is easy to check and see if they 
are opening with the engine not running. Maybe the linkage got screwed up 
when you "fixed" your carb. LOL

Art




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles McCall" <charlesmccall at gmail.com>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2011 10:39 AM
Subject: [DeTomaso] OK, now what did I screw up?


> Hi all,
>
>
>
> I've had some off-line conversations over the past day with a few people
> regarding my carb cleaning. There may be some general interest to the 
> list,
> and I've lost track of who I have said what to, so the easiest is to just
> post to the list.
>
>
>
> I pulled my carb off over the weekend. I removed both bowls and found a
> surprising amount of fine sand-type stuff inside.
>
>
>
> I removed the floats and cleaned out the bowls. I cleaned up everything 
> the
> best I could and re-assembled.
>
>
>
> I installed the carb and fired up the engine. I noticed two odd things -
> first what appeared to be a spurt of fuel out of one of the vents, but I
> didn't see it again.
>
>
>
> The engine fired up and ran pretty well, but if I give it full throttle, 
> the
> engine dies. If I release the throttle, the engine catches again.
>
>
>
> Note that it did NOT do this before I "fixed" things.
>
>
>
> The carb is a Holley 700DP. It'll run just fine at any rpm as long as the
> throttle is less than half open, at which point it stalls.
>
>
>
> What did I screw up? How do I unscrew it up?
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> Charles McCall
>
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