[Tigers] Idle problem

[Lance Beauchamp]

Sounds like a good plan.

On Wed, Dec 4, 2019, 6:22 PM Joe Brown <jbbrown1980 at gmail.com> wrote:

> OK, I've pinpointed the problem.  The spacer I was trying to use is a Ford
> part that was on the Ford 4V intake that was on my car when I got it.  I
> now have an Edelbrock intake and after taking everything apart and looking
> at it closely it is obvious that the Ford spacer will not work.  The sides
> are a little wider than than mounting surface of the intake and it leaves
> enough of a gap on both sides to suck in a lot of air.  It looks like I
> will need to get an Edelbrock spacer to make this work.  I could run it
> without a spacer but raising the carb up makes more room for the various
> hoses.
>
> Thanks,
> Joe Brown
>
> On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 2:29 PM Joe Brown <jbbrown1980 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It's definitely a vacuum leak.  I plugged up all of the ports on the carb
>> and the port on the intake manifold that goes to the break booster and
>> nothing changed.  So I pulled off the carb and the spacer that goes between
>> the carb and the manifold and looked it over really good and didn't see
>> anything obvious.  I reinstalled the carb without the spacer and it runs
>> fine now.  I'm waiting for it to cool down and I'll put the spacer back in
>> and see what happens.
>>
>> Of course, while I had it idling I noticed that the temperature gauge on
>> the dash was getting over 225.  I'm not sure how accurate that is and it
>> never boiled over.  I'll get out my laser temp gun and poke around a little
>> bit.
>>
>> Thanks for everybody's guidance.
>>
>> Joe Brown
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 10:33 PM Lance Beauchamp via Tigers <
>> tigers at autox.team.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Check for vacuum leak,. Use carb cleaner , chek manifold and carb base.
>>> Please.
>>>
>>>    Beau
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