Bob Lang partially uncovered what might be happening here, referring to
something that Kastner once wrote about this. So I asked KK and he said:
"Fuel slosh when making certain turns causes the vent hole in the carbs to get
covered, depriving fuel from entering the bowls. The top of the carbs can be
turned so the vent is on another side, as I recall."
(DT) This might explain why the early sixes have this going on, as the later
carbs vented via hoses to the carbon canister. No?
Doesn't explain the half tank theory, but it's a start!
Dick
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Lang
Sent: Tuesday, September 1, 2009 12:33 PM
To: Sally or Dick Taylor
Cc: michael lunsford, 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [6pack] Left Hand turn stutter
On Tue, 1 Sep 2009, Sally or Dick Taylor wrote:
> I love a mystery!
I replied to this one off list, but I believe Kastner covered this topic
in one of the books. In short, they modified the float bowl so that the
float cannot droop all the way down, but it can go low enough to get full
fuel flow from the needle valve.
I can't recall which book, though. Oh well...
> Dick
regards,
rml
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