48ply1stcar Posted March 13, 2015 Report Posted March 13, 2015 Okay, can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong. I've been looking at this for hours and can't figure out what I need to do. It feels like the throttle linkage should push toward the carb, and yet the linkage pulls away. Also the linkage has grown two or three inches while sitting in the garage. Quote
Young Ed Posted March 13, 2015 Report Posted March 13, 2015 Cant see it completely clearly in this photo but it sure looks like mine is the same as yours. Quote
_shel_ny Posted March 13, 2015 Report Posted March 13, 2015 48 Dodge. Your application may vary, Quote
Don Coatney Posted March 13, 2015 Report Posted March 13, 2015 The spring holds the throttle closed, Opening the throttle increases spring tension. Looks as if you have been adjusting the turnbuckle? Also I have never seen a oil pressure line like the one you are using. I don't know it that is a good application for polyflo tubing. Quote
Darbone85737 Posted March 13, 2015 Report Posted March 13, 2015 I just went through this - I believe your pivot lever is upside down. The spring pulls to the rear. Quote
Dan Hiebert Posted March 13, 2015 Report Posted March 13, 2015 Looks like the throttle valve lever on your carb is about 45 degrees off. It should be pointed towards the outside of the car, vs. towards the engine. Everything else is right. Quote
48ply1stcar Posted March 14, 2015 Author Report Posted March 14, 2015 (edited) My setup seems to be just like Shel_NY It still feels like the rod going to the carb is 2 or 3 inches long maybe I used a rod from the other engine. I'll try new a new rod or find another one. Edited March 14, 2015 by 48ply1stcar Quote
_shel_ny Posted March 14, 2015 Report Posted March 14, 2015 My setup seems to be just like Shel_NY It still feels like the rod going to the carb is 2 or 3 inches long maybe I used a rod from the other engine. I'll try new a new rod or find another one. I believe that you will find that to be the problem.The rod that you show differs from both mine and Eds. Ours have the clip on one end rather than the ball and socket set up the you show. Quote
Don Coatney Posted March 14, 2015 Report Posted March 14, 2015 What is that cable/wire wrapped around the butterfly linkage on your carburetor? Choke cable? Heater valve cable? Looks like it is holding your butterfly open. I have no such wire on my carburetors. Quote
_shel_ny Posted March 14, 2015 Report Posted March 14, 2015 Don, what about the nail in my pic? Quote
Don Coatney Posted March 14, 2015 Report Posted March 14, 2015 Don, what about the nail in my pic? Looks like a well balanced nail. I could use a good nail like that. How much do you want for it. Sixteen pennies? Quote
48ply1stcar Posted March 14, 2015 Author Report Posted March 14, 2015 Thanks for the pictures. It seems that I need to look for the right parts as I try to put this thing back on the road. Apparently any organizational skills that I may acquired during my 20 years in the Army have gone away. Note to self and new people on this site: Ask one question at a time and you'll get great answers. Quote
BobT-47P15 Posted March 14, 2015 Report Posted March 14, 2015 (edited) At one time, my linkage was like this......with the return spring pulling toward the rear. And it worked just fine. Don't know who set it up or any thing else about it. Is the choke cable in the last picture.............attached to that rod with a makeshift piece Edited March 14, 2015 by BobT-47P15 Quote
BobT-47P15 Posted March 14, 2015 Report Posted March 14, 2015 In the P15 Parts Manual................ Quote
48ply1stcar Posted March 14, 2015 Author Report Posted March 14, 2015 When I went to Andy Bernbaum, to check what they had, there was a note to call because every year was different. I have a parts manual and I never check-duh. Quote
BobT-47P15 Posted March 14, 2015 Report Posted March 14, 2015 Can't find a picture.......but my linkage is now hooked up like the picture from the manual. Son in law changed it when he had stuff off, cleaning and re-painting the engine following the tornado damage. It works fine, but I would like to someday put it back incorrect so I don't have to hook the return spring to the brace for the air cleaner. I was using the air cleaner with NO brace just to eliminate some clutter from the engine.. Not sure I now have all the old pieces removed from the incorrect installation......and have not been in the mood to re-trace or re-create the arrangement.....yet. Quote
Young Ed Posted March 14, 2015 Report Posted March 14, 2015 Is the choke cable in the last picture.............attached to that rod with a makeshift piece That would be the throttle cable. Quote
48ply1stcar Posted March 26, 2015 Author Report Posted March 26, 2015 LATE RESPONSE Thank everyone for their help. Found the right linkage in a box of carb parts. Not the one that I put aside so that I would never lose it, but another. Now it looks just like Shel_ny and the "Parts Manual" 1 Quote
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