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Jon, thank you so much for such a quick reply & all your help on this, much appreciated.
Hello again Jon, I finally found time to get this carb back together & hope to put it on the car this week & wondered if you could tell me the...
THANK YOU for such a swift reply. Appreciate it.
Jon. that was a big help, thank you. I played around with the mech & sure enough it now works as a dashpot & exactly to your measurements above!...
Here you go Jon, found them :-)
I'm at a loss - took it apart ( again! ), cleaned it all out thoroughly with carb cleaner & air lined it right thru & it started up & ran fine....
That would be great if you could please Jon, as I would like to get this hooked up properly. The numbers I can find on it are 6- 1407. Thank you...
Thank you Jon, for the clarity ( I'm a UK customer of yours ). Could I ask you to take a look at my photos & tell me if that linkage set up is...
Interesting - on mine, when the cam starts to open the secondaries, the pump pushes down, not up ... unless I received it with the cam set up...
Definitely not the former, only the pump on the other side does that BUT you may have inadvertently solved the puzzle because the dashpot goes...
The accelerator pump is the other side ... & 3 different parts instructions list it as a dashpot.
I thought the same initially but is a dashpot I thought the same but pump is the other side & 3 parts leaflets list it as a dashpot.
So I've an external dashpot on my Buick's Rochester carb, which I totally get but I've this built in one on the Carter AFB 1407 on my Lincoln that...
No 91 over here unfortunately.
Thank you ... hoping to give it a go tomorrow.
So I thought I had this licked - took the car out & she ran smooth & pulled like a train & now happily starts when cold or hot ... BUT even though...
My 58 Buick factory fuel pump is tiring & I am thinking of putting a Holley 12-801-1 on her, as I've had the same on my Lincoln for years & it's...
Yes, I'm thinking of doing just that ... I have one fitted on the Lincoln & starting is so much better in all conditions.
THANK YOU all for your input, I really appreciate it - I took the carb apart & there was one slither of rubber in the primary float bowl, from the...
FURTHER ISSUES - PLEASE READ MY LAST COMMENT IN THIS THREAD, I APPRECIATE IT. Hi, UK here with a 58 Buick Limited Coupe that has been laid up...
This 1850 was also used on my 1958 430... according to my original workshop manual & parts list book. From your preference towards the Carter, is...
Over here in the UK I continue to have issues with my 430 ( ran fine with previous carb ) & a reconditioned original Holley "PB9M 9510 E, LIST...
Thank you guys, very much !
Does anyone have the Ohms figures for these type fuel senders at all please? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/112691293611
Thanks guys & thanks especially Bob for clarifying that regards the deflector! :)
I bought this refurb'd 58 Carb & set it up as per the float settings sent to me by Holley themselves & fuel flooded up & out the primary bowl...
Good idea, if there wasn't miles of water between us, I'd be there.
Thank you, I will check them out.
I would like to get some 50s style licence plate frames made up for my Buick and see that some are getting reproduced but I haven't seen anyone...
So have Diamond back solved this issue do you think? Or is Coker the way to go because the WW is not an add on? How about AMERICAN CLASSICS? How...
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