: I am new to this this site and hope I can get
: some advice.
:
: I have a 64 Dart 225 with electronic ignition
: which I cannot seem to get the carb
: correctly adjusted. Pro mechanics have
: attempted but have not had any luck either.
: Warm starts and warm days the car is fine
: with the exception of an inconsistant idle
: (idle speed will rise and fall). My main
: problem is cold weather. The car will start
: and run perfectly on fast idle when
: cold. However, putting the car in gear will
: cause the car to stall. The first stop will
: cause the idle to drop (it is still on fast
: idle cam), run rough and stall. Accelerating
: will result in hesitation and will stall
: making turns.
:
: What I have tried: Purchased NOS carb. No
: change. Reset floats as best I could. (I set
: the floats with the Carter carb, on the car)
: I do have a repair manual and have followed
: the instructions. This helped some. Tried
: setting mixture as I have read much about to
: rich/lean. I have never been able to figure
: out how to tell when car is rich/lean? Plugs
: are typically brownish in color and dry.
: Have reset timing to 10 degrees BTDC and I
: do have the vacuum advance connected. Vacuum
: does advance when I hit the gas. (Verified
: with timming light) I do get what appears to
: be a solid stream of gas when I accelerate,
: but I have not worked on any other carbs to
: compare.
: Could the trouble be the choke?? Or maybe
: something else?? I have heard much about
: adjusting the choke. How do I do this? Not
: much to adjust?? Or am I missing something.
:
: Sorry for the long post, but I wanted to give
: as much of the symptoms as possible. Any
: advice for me to check/change/adjust would
: be much appreciated as I am desparate!

: Hi
:
: I am new to this this site and hope I can get
: some advice.
:
: I have a 64 Dart 225 with electronic ignition
: which I cannot seem to get the carb
: correctly adjusted. Pro mechanics have
: attempted but have not had any luck either.
: Warm starts and warm days the car is fine
: with the exception of an inconsistant idle
: (idle speed will rise and fall). My main
: problem is cold weather. The car will start
: and run perfectly on fast idle when
: cold. However, putting the car in gear will
: cause the car to stall. The first stop will
: cause the idle to drop (it is still on fast
: idle cam), run rough and stall. Accelerating
: will result in hesitation and will stall
: making turns.
:
: What I have tried: Purchased NOS carb. No
: change. Reset floats as best I could. (I set
: the floats with the Carter carb, on the car)
: I do have a repair manual and have followed
: the instructions. This helped some. Tried
: setting mixture as I have read much about to
: rich/lean. I have never been able to figure
: out how to tell when car is rich/lean? Plugs
: are typically brownish in color and dry.
: Have reset timing to 10 degrees BTDC and I
: do have the vacuum advance connected. Vacuum
: does advance when I hit the gas. (Verified
: with timming light) I do get what appears to
: be a solid stream of gas when I accelerate,
: but I have not worked on any other carbs to
: compare.
: Could the trouble be the choke?? Or maybe
: something else?? I have heard much about
: adjusting the choke. How do I do this? Not
: much to adjust?? Or am I missing something.
:
: Sorry for the long post, but I wanted to give
: as much of the symptoms as possible. Any
: advice for me to check/change/adjust would
: be much appreciated as I am desparate!
:
: Thanks!

: I am making some progress! I have made an
: adjustment to the U operating link. I
: thought that my problem came closest to the
: "squeeze shut" solution, so I
: tried that first. The car ran MUCH better!!
: The temp in Ft. Wayne is 45 degrees tonight,
: so I need to run it a few days to be sure,
: but so far NO hesitation and NO stalling!!
: This is like a early Christmas present! LOL
:
: I do have a couple of follow up questions.
:
: Re: the PVC valve. When the car is running on
: fast idle and I disconnect the hose from the
: carb, the idle speed increases. If the car
: is warm and at curb idle, pulling the hose
: from the carb will cause the car to
: immediately stall. Is this what you meant by
: "plugging the PVC valve"? Did the
: engine do what it was supposed to do?
:
: Re: the Heat Riser. All of the springs etc on
: the hear riser are gone. Will this cause a
: problem? Should I try to replace it or leave
: as is?

: Hi
:
: I am new to this this site and hope I can get
: some advice.
:
: I have a 64 Dart 225 with electronic ignition
: which I cannot seem to get the carb
: correctly adjusted. Pro mechanics have
: attempted but have not had any luck either.
: Warm starts and warm days the car is fine
: with the exception of an inconsistant idle
: (idle speed will rise and fall). My main
: problem is cold weather. The car will start
: and run perfectly on fast idle when
: cold. However, putting the car in gear will
: cause the car to stall. The first stop will
: cause the idle to drop (it is still on fast
: idle cam), run rough and stall. Accelerating
: will result in hesitation and will stall
: making turns.
:
: What I have tried: Purchased NOS carb. No
: change. Reset floats as best I could. (I set
: the floats with the Carter carb, on the car)
: I do have a repair manual and have followed
: the instructions. This helped some. Tried
: setting mixture as I have read much about to
: rich/lean. I have never been able to figure
: out how to tell when car is rich/lean? Plugs
: are typically brownish in color and dry.
: Have reset timing to 10 degrees BTDC and I
: do have the vacuum advance connected. Vacuum
: does advance when I hit the gas. (Verified
: with timming light) I do get what appears to
: be a solid stream of gas when I accelerate,
: but I have not worked on any other carbs to
: compare.
: Could the trouble be the choke?? Or maybe
: something else?? I have heard much about
: adjusting the choke. How do I do this? Not
: much to adjust?? Or am I missing something.
:
: Sorry for the long post, but I wanted to give
: as much of the symptoms as possible. Any
: advice for me to check/change/adjust would
: be much appreciated as I am desparate!
:
: Thanks!

:
: Well, I have managed to fix a carb vacuum leak
: using tips from this site. My idle is now
: solid.
:
: However, I seem to have developed a another
: problem. While driving it this weekend, the
: car suddenly developed a miss on anything
: above idle. Very rough running. While
: looking for something obvious, I
: disconnected the vacuum advance to the
: distributor. The rough running and miss were
: suddenly gone. Reconnected the
: advance...Rough...disconnected smooth. I
: don't think I screwed anything...but who
: knows? Any ideas?
:
: Thank you.
:
: Dave

: Sounds like you have vacuum advance
: "pulling-in" at idle. Do you have
: a timing light? The vacuum advance should
: not be "pulling-in" at idle. The
: idle should not change as you remove /
: reinstall the hose.
: What is the idle RPM? With a stock cam it
: should be 600 to 800 RPM max. Try turning
: down the idle and re-timing the car with the
: vacuum advance disconnected.
: DD

: Sounds like you have vacuum advance
: "pulling-in" at idle. Do you have
: a timing light? The vacuum advance should
: not be "pulling-in" at idle. The
: idle should not change as you remove /
: reinstall the hose.
: What is the idle RPM? With a stock cam it
: should be 600 to 800 RPM max. Try turning
: down the idle and re-timing the car with the
: vacuum advance disconnected.
: DD

: Hi Doug
:
: Just a follow-up...I test drove the car with
: the changes and I noticed that the car now
: hesitates from a standstill when warm. It
: also continues to have a miss at about 1500.
: I feel like I am going backwards....ugh!

: Sometimes you do "go backwards", just
: go back to the set-up that worked better and
: try something else.
:
: Keep playing with it. How does the mechanical
: advance look? At what RPM does the timing
: mark start to move with the vacuum advance
: disconnected?
:
: May-be the carb's accelator pump is not
: squirting soon enough or the carb is not
: getting into the main feed circuit soon
: enough.
: DD