well theres nothing wrong with bags and low riders. i'll tell you something a little funny though, my buddy had a 95 extended cab sonoma it had a drop kit on it when he bought it but he wanted it lower, so the moron took the springs completely out of the front, along with the shocks, he took all but 2 leafs out of the rear, and put 6" worth of blocks on it, we rode around in that thing for over a year before he sold it just like it was, every time you hit a bump the cd player would fall out of the dash, and you couldn't get a pack of cigarettes under the frame. i know now that it wasn't a smart thing to do but we were ignorant kids in high school. i fully intend on building another truck but it will get finished this time. now back on topic sorry elwoodYou know what they say;
Well with some hesitation I decided to read this thread from the beginning and now at 90+ days with some "weather related delays" Elwood still does not heve this thing running right? There has been some very good sugestions in between the static and if he would just get back in the garage and get this done(no more carb. toss either) I think there's gona be alot of celebration.
VICTORY IS MINE!!!!!!
I will no longer allow myself to be humiliated and discgraced by an inanimate antique machine. I am victorious. I may have lost many of the battles, but the war is mine
I ended up buying another Autolite/Motorcraft 2100 series carburetor online. Found a guy from upstate NY that rebuilds them. I bought a 1.14 venturi size (roughly 300cfm) 2100 originally off of a 1965 289. Less than $150 shipped, still A LOT cheaper than a Weber, a Holley or a Barry Grant. I ended up putting in a different power valve, because I learned that a power valve should be approx 1/2 of manifold vacuum. I pull 17lb of Hg at idle, timing set at 10 degree BTDC. The new carb had a 6.5hg power valve in it, I switched it to a 8.5. I also downsized the jets from 50's to 48's, but the 50's may go back in.
A very, very sincere thank you to everyone who has kicked in ideas, thoughts, oh by the ways and the occassional dose of bs (even if I did deserve it)
To sum up; you replaced the carb with an almost identicle carb. Care to venture a guess what the problem with the old carb was/is??VICTORY IS MINE!!!!!!
I will no longer allow myself to be humiliated and discgraced by an inanimate antique machine. I am victorious. I may have lost many of the battles, but the war is mine
I ended up buying another Autolite/Motorcraft 2100 series carburetor online. Found a guy from upstate NY that rebuilds them. I bought a 1.14 venturi size (roughly 300cfm) 2100 originally off of a 1965 289. Less than $150 shipped, still A LOT cheaper than a Weber, a Holley or a Barry Grant. I ended up putting in a different power valve, because I learned that a power valve should be approx 1/2 of manifold vacuum. I pull 17lb of Hg at idle, timing set at 10 degree BTDC. The new carb had a 6.5hg power valve in it, I switched it to a 8.5. I also downsized the jets from 50's to 48's, but the 50's may go back in.
A very, very sincere thank you to everyone who has kicked in ideas, thoughts, oh by the ways and the occassional dose of bs (even if I did deserve it)
Good for you, just in time for summer.
, or there was a reason that I was able to purchase that carb off of ebay for so cheap.
I honestly believe it was a combination of a vacuum leak, and a bad carburetor. I'm still not positive where the vacuum leak was, but I think it had something to do with the adapter plate all along. As for the carburetor, either I am either no where near as good at rebuilding carburetors as I think I am, or there was a reason that I was able to purchase that carb off of ebay for so cheap.
As fleeting as it may be IO, I'm going to bask in it for now
