Recent content by BennyLumpkin

Well it wasn't near the horror guys made the carb out to be. Runs awesome now. Thanks guys!

I had my reservations but I pulled the carb and tore it down. What a mess. Some of the seals were made of permatex. Ordered a kit and sent the carb with a buddy to run in the ultrasonic cleaner at his shop. Thinking this was my issue. Lots of junk in the carb. Main jets had stuff in them too.

I'll go further in to checking but it is definitely a 2 barrel tea pot. It's also correct by my manual

I haven't found a guage that goes that low . According to my manual it tops at like 5 inches of mercury

Picked up a 54 F800 a few weeks ago. Has a 317 with the 2 barrel tea pot carb. Guy I got it from threw alot of money at it but never got it right. Run half choke it'll run smooth as can be but lacks power because of choking the air off. No choke it'll stumbles and stutters and coughs. New...