Young Ed Posted June 17, 2012 Report Posted June 17, 2012 After finally finishing my heat riser project I've been driving around getting some miles on before back to the 50s. The last few trips I've noticed it hard to restart after sitting even a few hours. It would act flooded. Took the carb apart this afternoon and noticed a piece missing! That hole is supposed to be plugged. Not sure how it got to be missing or how long its been gone. Carb kit is on order but not wanting to wait until monday I figured I'd transfer all my parts to another fuel bowl and see if I could make it run. That one wouldn't even idle. So I took an aluminum nail I had from putting up new rain gutters on the house, snipped off a small piece, filed it flatter, and tapped it in. Transfered all the pieces back to my original fuel bowl and it runs again. I let it idle quite a bit in the driveway and then shut it off and watched down the throat and it didn't seem like the fuel was flooding over. An actual test drive tomorrow will be the real test. Quote
Young Ed Posted June 19, 2012 Author Report Posted June 19, 2012 In the process of all this work I mangled my carb to air cleaner gasket. I have some fairly thin cork gasket material I used on my heater project. Will that work to cut out a new one? Or do I need the more paper/cardboard type? Quote
Tom Skinner Posted June 19, 2012 Report Posted June 19, 2012 Ed, I found that a thin piece of rubber or any gasket material will cut out and work just fine inbetween the carb horn lip and filter. I don't remember where I found some thin rubber material but it was just laying around and was fine. It was about 1/16" thick and I cut 2 (one extra) with regular scissors. Tom Quote
RobertKB Posted June 19, 2012 Report Posted June 19, 2012 Use an old tire tube. Worked for me and easy to cut out. Just use the old gasket as a template. Quote
T120 Posted June 19, 2012 Report Posted June 19, 2012 I made one using cork gasket material,seems okay - rubber may be more durable..Mr C's "double entendre" remark made me laugh. Quote
Rusty O'Toole Posted June 19, 2012 Report Posted June 19, 2012 I think the original was stiff paper or thin cardboard but cork should do as well although not as long lasting. I wouldn't use rubber that close to the carb because gas will ruin it. Quote
T120 Posted June 19, 2012 Report Posted June 19, 2012 (edited) I used a razor knife to cut the gasket, rubbed a bit of grease on it ... Edited June 19, 2012 by Ralph D25cpe Quote
Young Ed Posted June 20, 2012 Author Report Posted June 20, 2012 Well I took spot for a run to meet the wife at target. Wasn't quite the same as a 10-20 mile jaunt on the freeway but the temp gauge was about 175° (I have a 160° thermostat) mostly from sitting for an incredibly long left turn light when I parked. Its also in the low 90s and humid today. When we came back out about 30 minutes later she started right up. No flooding symptoms. Last friday the weather was a little cooler and after walking around a car show for a few hours it had trouble restarting and was acting flooded. Even though I never saw anything I'm guessing there was a spec of rust or dirt somewhere in there causing me issues. Quote
DJ194950 Posted June 20, 2012 Report Posted June 20, 2012 For many years on mostly chrysler ind. flat head engines on forklifts on the carb to air cleaner gasket we just cut industrial grade rubber about 1/6 thick to fit. Do not remember ever replacing one that we had made. If your concerned about newer fuels and their vapors (as that is all should be at the carb/air cleaner mount) go to an industrial rubber supply business and ask about fuel resistant flat rubber stock. I found by talking to the salesperson about what your working on and trying to do, most will give a small piece free, as they often save the leftovers from bigger orders. MOST TIMES, BUT NOT ALWAYS! Happy Mopar Motoring, Doug Quote
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