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68Gold/white · 08-17-2014, 03:27 PM

Fuel is the only thing you are lacking of the 3 things needed, gas, air and spark.If you didn't need the regulator w/ the quadrajet, the e-carb should be fine.

You using an electric pump?

Check for fuel delivery as post 4 suggested. If you have good fuel delivery, and the thing keeps doing it's crapping out, you may need to pull the fuel sender. There's a strainer on the end of the pickup tube that can get plugged up, or collapse. You can either leave the strainer off, and run a good in line filter, and/or buy a strainer for one of the newer cars that uses an electric in tank pump, and clamp it over the end of the tube. I've done this before. I ask the parts store employee if I can look at all their strainers. I look for the longest one w/ the pump connection at the end. I cut that connection off that end, and clamp the rest of the strainer (sock) over the tube......

08-17-2014, 03:27 PM	#5
68Gold/white Registered User Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Ark City, Kansas Posts: 3,306	Re: '71 350 C10 only firing when gas dumped into carb ... Fuel is the only thing you are lacking of the 3 things needed, gas, air and spark.If you didn't need the regulator w/ the quadrajet, the e-carb should be fine. You using an electric pump? Check for fuel delivery as post 4 suggested. If you have good fuel delivery, and the thing keeps doing it's crapping out, you may need to pull the fuel sender. There's a strainer on the end of the pickup tube that can get plugged up, or collapse. You can either leave the strainer off, and run a good in line filter, and/or buy a strainer for one of the newer cars that uses an electric in tank pump, and clamp it over the end of the tube. I've done this before. I ask the parts store employee if I can look at all their strainers. I look for the longest one w/ the pump connection at the end. I cut that connection off that end, and clamp the rest of the strainer (sock) over the tube......