Carb issues help

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  1. Autterson

    Autterson New Member

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    me and a few friends cleaned my carburetor and the choke stove pipe (or whatever the metal tube from the carb to the manifold is called) was rusted apart but as far as i know as long as i have an electric choke i dont need it, but my problem is when we put the carb back on the car started up first 2 trys no problem then i shut it off to check some things, and it would not start, it will turn over but no starting, after a few trys it will either spit fuel out the top of the carb, or what looks like a little smoke, I havent the first idea what is wrong, we tried manually flipping the choke and it starts but idles very low and rough.....any ideas whats wrong?
     
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    Did you mess with the float? If so you need to make sure the float is setup properly. You need to adjust the electric choke as well it should be a little bit open to start with and not fully closed. Also make sure all hoses are connected and if theres a port without a hose plug it, leave the port on the top front of the carb unplugged it is a vent. Did you remove the line and plug the hole on the manifold if not that could be the reason why its running poorly?


     
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    its flooding over
     
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    pull it back off and start over. Double check the float level and the needle.
     

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