Yard Sale
Heres where things get fun. I was getting everything ready for the cam break in, prelubed engine even used zinc additive. Had the carb bowls full of fuel and all the cooling and charging sys tems ready to rock. My shop helper was in charge of the key. Fired on first crank, we were stoked! Then fuel started gushing straight out of the vent tube! Damm it. Ill save the play by play, but basically hit all the likely suspects. Float level adjustment, checked needle and seat for trash, replaced needle and seat.. I was getting very concerned because every time we did a start cycle. I ended up installing a known good edelbrock evs a friend had. Back to it, fired instantly and took it right up and ran it for 20 minutes. Everything seemed good to go. We shut it down and did a nut/bolt check. Afterwards I felt like letting my neighbors hear it again, started to notice a popping in the exhaust at low rpms, I feared the worst. I did my best to stay calm and retrace all my steps, everything seemed good. After a couple of day thinking about it I came home from work and pulled the valve covers and intake. I was expecting some flat lobes or something... was pleased to find all the lobes in good condition, the oil filter was even clean ( cut it open). Felt better about everything but my brain was still going over possible causes. slammed it all together and scored this round as a DRAW.
Heres where things get fun. I was getting everything ready for the cam break in, prelubed engine even used zinc additive. Had the carb bowls full of fuel and all the cooling and charging sys tems ready to rock. My shop helper was in charge of the key. Fired on first crank, we were stoked! Then fuel started gushing straight out of the vent tube! Damm it. Ill save the play by play, but basically hit all the likely suspects. Float level adjustment, checked needle and seat for trash, replaced needle and seat.. I was getting very concerned because every time we did a start cycle. I ended up installing a known good edelbrock evs a friend had. Back to it, fired instantly and took it right up and ran it for 20 minutes. Everything seemed good to go. We shut it down and did a nut/bolt check. Afterwards I felt like letting my neighbors hear it again, started to notice a popping in the exhaust at low rpms, I feared the worst. I did my best to stay calm and retrace all my steps, everything seemed good. After a couple of day thinking about it I came home from work and pulled the valve covers and intake. I was expecting some flat lobes or something... was pleased to find all the lobes in good condition, the oil filter was even clean ( cut it open). Felt better about everything but my brain was still going over possible causes. slammed it all together and scored this round as a DRAW.
