carb problem?

Doogster said

it pops regardless of where the timing is set. it ran perfect before it went to the body shop. no lifter noise either, and the vacuum advance is plugged. I didn't adjust the float levels, just took it off...and blew it out with compressed air, thinking that there may have been some dirt in it.
Could it be the plunger not pushing enough fuel through under quick acceleration? it only pops when it's given that quick shot of gas.

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That's a possibility. Does the accelerator pump arm have 3 holes in it where you hook up the linkage? If so what hole is it in? The hole nearest the top of the carb gives the most pump shot. If it's not in that hole try it there and also check it to make sure nothing binds up when you change it to that hole and look down the barrel again to make sure it shoots fuel immediately upon moving the accelerator and throughout the complete cycle. If that doesn't do it it may just be lean in the main circuit. Do you have any jets and/or metering rods to try enrichening it?

BTW: I asked about the float levels because every Eddy I've taken apart has had mis-adjusted floats. Mis-adjusted floats (set low) can make it run lean.