Hello all! Some of you may seen my video on "What Did you Do with your Car Today?"
My 360 started and ran, yay! :)
Unfortunately it was 9:30 PM and I got a complaint from a neighbor, so it didn't get time to run and really break-in. When the next day rolled around after work however, we attempted to get it running again only to have the choke go open (manual choke) and it died from being too cold/possibly too rich. Next attempt to fire it got too much gas, plus my boyfriend noticed at the base of the carburetor, right at the gasket seal, was wet with fuel, and he noticed a drip. Have to fix this before firing it again. I removed a spark plug and it is already black, so the carb mix is too rich as well.
Specs: LA 360, factory roller cam engine with hydraulic rollers. Mild RV spec cam. LD340 intake with a Mr.Gasket aluminum spacer. Edelbrock 1405, rebuilt at home with the combo of '2' on the metering rod/jet combo. I'll most likely start backing off the mixture screws as this setup is a little on the rich side already. I'll install the manual choke cable until I get the electric choke conversion in. The gas leak was on the right side of the carb, the side with the throttle linkage and at the base. We used very thin gaskets, and it was soaked when we took the carb off. We also have to use the innermost stud locations on the LD340 as one of the stud holes has no threads in it. What should I check for? A few things:
I will try to run without the spacer.
Is there a thicker gasket for the Edelbrock that does NOT just mount to the outside holes? If not, I'll have to see about trying to tap that one buggered hole.
I will double check to make sure the carb is atomizing the fuel properly.
We attempted to get it timed, I believe it is only at 10* advanced right now.
Let me know if any of you have other thoughts, thank you!
