30 Zenith Carb

Bill your answer is 20 miles away. Take the beast to White Post restorations and for a few dollars and a years wait you will have solved the problem!

We had the car running daxx good for twenty minutes the other day until the gas ran out of the auxillary tank. I told him to remove the shut off valve and when he told me all looked clean I thought we had tamed the beast. When I got home I put the carb I loaned him on my coup and with no leaks it started right up and I went for a ten mile trouble free ride. I'm getting frustrated as is Bill but I AIN'T giving up. I know a good local carb man who can do what Vince suggested and pass this on to Bill.

this post is getting to the point where it's good summer reading:eek:

Sewall
 
"We had the car running daxx good for twenty minutes the other day until the gas ran out of the auxillary tank."

Then how can it be carb problem??

"When I got home I put the carb I loaned him on my coup and with no leaks it started right up and I went for a ten mile trouble free ride"

Then how can it be a carb problem??

Information is being gained from a diagnostic maneuver, but you are taking those results and going somewhere else with the information you are getting.
I don't understand.
 
tbirdtbird said:
"We had the car running daxx good for twenty minutes the other day until the gas ran out of the auxillary tank."

Then how can it be carb problem??

"When I got home I put the carb I loaned him on my coup and with no leaks it started right up and I went for a ten mile trouble free ride"

Then how can it be a carb problem??

Information is being gained from a diagnostic maneuver, but you are taking those results and going somewhere else with the information you are getting.
I don't understand.
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Me either and why limit it to the shut off valve?
 
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Mitch, just toss a few tools in the back of the truck and head on over there and get'er done. The barners will chip in for your service charge. Today would be a good day, your shop is closed on Sundays, any way. That will be less than 400 miles on the road, and 10 minutes to fix it, so road time of 6 hrs at 60 mph, shop time minimum 1 hr, so your rate times 7 hrs, and he won't have to give the car up
 
tbirdtbird said:
Mitch, just toss a few tools in the back of the truck and head on over there and get'er done. The barners will chip in for your service charge. Today would be a good day, your shop is closed on Sundays, any way. That will be less than 400 miles on the road, and 10 minutes to fix it, so road time of 6 hrs at 60 mph, shop time minimum 1 hr, so your rate times 7 hrs, and he won't have to give the car up
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We're closed Saturday's also:).
 
He is learning. Sometimes it gets discouraging on both ends when something is being taught.
 
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Hey Hey guys. Despite not responding to each post let me state I really appreciate and thank everyone for their input.

This has gotten to the point I seem to be playing the fool. Therefore, until I stumble across the solution I think it best I refrain for any further posting on this problem.

Again my gratitude for the encouragement and suggestions.

Bill K
 
William Kelchner said:
Hey Hey guys. Despite not responding to each post let me state I really appreciate and thank everyone for their input.

This has gotten to the point I seem to be playing the fool. Therefore, until I stumble across the solution I think it best I refrain for any further posting on this problem.

Again my gratitude for the encouragement and suggestions.

Bill K
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I have to say my response was in the wrong place. It was not pointed at any one person. That is why I pulled it.
 
It's ALIVE It's ALIVE. To make a long story short I took the bottom plate off the dist. I noticed the Bus Bar (I guess you can call it that) had a round hole which lined up with the condenser but it was not connected to the condenser therefore taking it out of the circuit. Connected it back up, started it up and drove (for the first time) 5 trouble free miles, no hint of coughing back through the carb.

I replaced the float valve also and got the float level correct which was not that far off.

My daughter volunteered to ride along and the first thing she said Mom keep your cell on so we can call for help..:)

So far so good, I'll take a longer trip tomorrow to satisfy myself. Again thanks for all the help on the forum. Really appreciate it
 
Bill, Glad you found the problem. Did you put that fiber washer between the screw and condenser? If not, it might short to the body of the distributor.
 
I also shall never forget the words of wisdom which reminded me "most carb problems are electrical :p All I can say I did not know much about my A but after this we are intimate......
 
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