Carter AFB 9636 ?

Finally back at it - Took turkey day off and had to fix the garage furnace yesterday, and started installing the regulator.

The other day when I reset the floats to 7/16" I pulled the booster venturies out and cleaned them , ran a small copper strand of wire thru all the passages in them, and flushed again with carb cleaner. So Im pretty sure the passages in those things are clean, I also blasted out the idle mixture passages and transfer slots. Clear -

Finished installing the regulator this AM set the pressure for 5 psi - checked it for the dripping - still doing it. As I had mentioned, the passenger side booster venturi is dripping gas out of the thing, drivers side looks okay.

So, I pulled the carb top off again and inspected the needles and seats once more. It all looks fine - I examined the seats with a magnifying glass as well and saw nothing to be concerned about. I happened to have some new needles of the same length but with a larger diameter rubber tip on them. Stuck them in checked the float level and tested it - no joy, still dripping.

Checked the step up pistons with it running and they slammed down tight and not fluttering. In addition I did install the smaller jets I had from .100 to .098 and went with the leanest rod I had - a 7347. Along with the weakest step spring set I have -

I'm beginning to think there is a design issue with this carb or something, maybe a bad casting or a problem with the passenger side booster venturi. Maybe thats why it was a swap meet item, although I see nothing to be concerned about with it in general, it was well cared for and pretty clean when I bought it.

I'll take your advice chief and try setting the passenger side float another 1/8" lower and see what happens. It cant be anyworse than it is now.


If that does not fix it - Im buying a new carb - Ive spent enough time trying to figure this damned thing out.

I can pick up a new eddy at CSK or somewhere else, and end my misery. Assuming its the carb and somesort of inherent flaw in this used one.