[Chevelle-list] Car will absolutely not idle - the final chapter

[Thomas Ringlein]

Yea - I was wondering the same thing.  It was probably an intermittent
problem because I saw the carb feeding on both sides on occasion.  However -
when I thought I had it fixed, it would act up again.  The mechanic saw that
there was fuel "dripping" from the carb into the intake only on one side, so
he thought something was clogged inside, which would be causing the lean
condition.  I can't argue - the car runs great now.  Two days later and it
starts easily, drives great, and will actually idle at about 800 RPM at a
red light when in gear - and it never did that!  Probably a combination of
my bad carb tuning skills and a carb that was not cooperative.  He checked
everything out, and said everything was running perfect - and I agree.
Whatever happened - now I get to find a good body shop in town for some of
the more difficult body work.

 

Another thing - I have a new set of torque rods for the trunk (trunk
springs) and need a special tool to install them.  Does anyone have the tool
used to put these in (fisher body tool # J-21412) or a design of a simple
tool I can fab up to get these things in easily (see page 8-8 in your fisher
body service manual)?  I have a sketch of what I think would work - but
would prefer to use the right tool in order to save myself the hassle of
fabbing up a tool I will only use once.  I will gladly pay for shipping to
and from California, and throw in a few bucks for a 6-pack of your favorite
beverage :-).  Ping me off line if you know where I can get such a tool..

 

Cheers-

T.J. Ringlein, Clovis California

72 Chevelle, in shambles

US Air Force - 10 years active next month

Tj.noelle at sbcglobal.net

 

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From: Rick Schaefer [mailto:rickas at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 3:55 PM
To: The Chevelle Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Car will absolutely not idle - the final
chapter

 

     Great that its running right now!   But how did the mechanic determine
that the carb was only feeding 1 side if it fixed itself?  I can understand
that the back fire shook something loose, but how can he determine what?
Sounds like an FM fix to me.  

On 10/11/06, Dale <396guy at lcisp.com> wrote: 

Sometimes just a quick explosion of passing gas will cure a lot of ills. LOL
Nice to hear you got the problem solved. 

 

Dale McIntosh

 <http://www.chevellecd.com/> 1967 Chevelle Reference CD

ACES #1709/TC GOLD #92  <http://www.chevellecd.com/> 

 

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From: chevelle-list-bounces at chevelles.net
[mailto:chevelle-list-bounces at chevelles.net] On Behalf Of Thomas Ringlein
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 12:32 AM
To: 'The Chevelle Mailing List'
Subject: [Chevelle-list] Car will absolutely not idle - the final chapter

 

Okay - so here is the deal.

After trying in vain for 6 weeks to locate a vacuum leak in or around the
carb, the car is fixed.  Here is the scoop.

I finally pulled my last hair out over this issue, and still could not
figure out what the hell was going on.  All 8 cylinders were firing - check.
Carb taken apart 2 or 3 times for gaskets/adjustment - check.  Every single
vacuum line on the car replaced or capped - check.  Carb still showing signs
of a vacuum leak at the passenger side base (RPM's go up about 300 when carb
cleaner is sprayed in this vicinity).  I talk to my brother, who knows
everyone - he mentions that he knows a good carb guy, and I should give him
a call.  So I hobble the 72 over to Precision Auto in Clovis Ca, and give
directions to "not rebuild the carb for $230 - I had already performed a
rebuild.  Please call me if the bill is going to go over $70 and I will fix
it myself."  Well - day 1 goes by, and he can't figure it out either - so he
decides to sleep on it.  Problem was that the car would purr like a kitten
when choked, but run like s#%t under about 1300 RPM when warm.  Seemed as if
it was running a tad lean.  Turns out that the fuel was only feeding on one
side of the carb - the drivers side.  The mechanic was about to pull the
carb and soak it in carb cleaner to fix the problem, but decided to start it
one more time to see what happened.  Well, the car backfired through the
carb something serious - and fixed itself.  A quick tune later, adjust the
idle, and the car runs like it always did 9 years ago.  Wish it would have
backfired for me so I could have saved $70.  So now, I move on to the next
problem - hopefully I can figure this one out without help! :-)

T.J. Ringlein - Clovis, CA

72 Chevelle, in shambles

Runnin' again...




-- 
Rick Schaefer
72 TPI El Camino 

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