<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]I even spoke with Tony yesterday and he was real proud of those grose valves.[/QUOTE]
Yep, I'm actually real proud of those carbs...I bought this car in '94 or '95 &, other than spraying carb cleaner up in the carbs annually, I have never had to do anything to them (or the engine - other than tune ups!)...I could let the car sit all winter, put a battery in it & go for a ride in the Spring - all these years, never a problem....one of my favorite cars
....last time I parked it, I decided to "winterize" it! BAH HUMBURG!! I drained everything & fogged the carbs - now she won't run....I'll never do that again!
So, today I order major rebuild kits for the carbs &, while I'm waiting on them, I'll do a tuneup to the ignition (new points, plugs, rotor, cap)...initially, after I got the fuel bowls to flow properly, I thought it might be an ignition problem but once I looked at & cleaned the plugs & checked the points, I knew it was carb related.
Only other thing I've found is the metal vacuum line appears to have a tiny crack where its been bent...but that wouldn't keep it from running - it might make it run poorly, but it would still run!
(....& to make matters worse: theAutoist doesn't have 1 piece of used HS-4 carb stuff! I recently sold everything - I mean everything - HS4 carb related to a shop as cores/parts & didn't keep even a screw for myself! So I can't even go out to my storage buildings & pull an old jet to try out!)