This damn '47 has fought me the entire distance and continues to do so to the very end!
I'm looking to put come 'confidence' miles on it on my only day off (Sundays) and it continues to be stubborn, like a tantrum-prone child. This morning's objection was that it will not continue to run unless the fuel petcock is pulled up into the reserve position. It leans out, evidenced by the increase in RPM just before it spits through the carburetor (again lean) and stalls out. But, when I disconnect the fuel line at the strainer, it flows freely, as I suspected (clean tanks, Carl Olsen's fuel valve assembly, etc...) Looks like NEXT Snday will be spent in my hot garage in yet another problem-solving episode.
Also, when its hot it doesn't immediately return to Idle-RPM when I rev it slightly, indicating a possible intake leak. I can't describe how careful I was in rebuilding this carburetor and installing the manifold. In 40 (+) years, I've done this more times than I can remember! Looks like I'll be doing what Cotton suggested to me a long time ago - building a block-off plate and low-pressure testing the intake track. Hell, I even have the Snoop on the shelf for the test!
You've GOT to love this avocation to be in it, because it can surely frustrate the hell out of ya....
I'm done venting now...
I'm looking to put come 'confidence' miles on it on my only day off (Sundays) and it continues to be stubborn, like a tantrum-prone child. This morning's objection was that it will not continue to run unless the fuel petcock is pulled up into the reserve position. It leans out, evidenced by the increase in RPM just before it spits through the carburetor (again lean) and stalls out. But, when I disconnect the fuel line at the strainer, it flows freely, as I suspected (clean tanks, Carl Olsen's fuel valve assembly, etc...) Looks like NEXT Snday will be spent in my hot garage in yet another problem-solving episode.
Also, when its hot it doesn't immediately return to Idle-RPM when I rev it slightly, indicating a possible intake leak. I can't describe how careful I was in rebuilding this carburetor and installing the manifold. In 40 (+) years, I've done this more times than I can remember! Looks like I'll be doing what Cotton suggested to me a long time ago - building a block-off plate and low-pressure testing the intake track. Hell, I even have the Snoop on the shelf for the test!
You've GOT to love this avocation to be in it, because it can surely frustrate the hell out of ya....
I'm done venting now...
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