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texanidiot25 · 03-23-2009, 09:24 PM

If your lucky and careful, you can sometimes take the carb apart with out tearing anything. Same thing on the intake gasket to the carb. I've had my carb off a few times with out tearing it. And have had it apart with out tearing the gasket. But of course, it's a rochester..

The day I got junk stuck in the float, my dad pulled this trick and it worked perfect until the next time I got trash in it. Start it up and get it to run. Have someone pinch off the fuel line before the carb (if you have any rubber liens) with a vice grip. And run the carb until it stalls. This ran my carb dry, and got the dirt out of where ever it was caught. Once the fuel line was unblocked, the truck started right up and idled perfect again.

03-23-2009, 09:24 PM	#10
texanidiot25 Eat My Rust Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cypress, Texas Posts: 3,362	Re: rough idle If your lucky and careful, you can sometimes take the carb apart with out tearing anything. Same thing on the intake gasket to the carb. I've had my carb off a few times with out tearing it. And have had it apart with out tearing the gasket. But of course, it's a rochester.. The day I got junk stuck in the float, my dad pulled this trick and it worked perfect until the next time I got trash in it. Start it up and get it to run. Have someone pinch off the fuel line before the carb (if you have any rubber liens) with a vice grip. And run the carb until it stalls. This ran my carb dry, and got the dirt out of where ever it was caught. Once the fuel line was unblocked, the truck started right up and idled perfect again.