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Please help. At my wits end

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Cliff Ruggles:
At least 2 out of 3 of our customers who buy kits just bought a cheap POS kit over the counter. 

The first thing to do is to install good parts, and the correct parts, set the float correctly, pressure check the gasket under the inlet seat, and place the carb back in service.

99.99 percent of the time this is all that is needed to get it working correctly, at least from what I've seen here.....Cliff

Racerx12003r1:
I figured I shouldnt have bought the kit I got. An old man I knew tried to teach me how to build carbs when I was younger. He worked for GM back in the 40s and retired in the late 70s. It's true that a master may teach you all YOU know, but NOT all he knows. Alot of good knolege died with him. I guess I'll start with a new kit. Cliff, do your kits come with floats too or is that a seperate item?

brown7373:
Yes, Cliff's kits include the float.  I don't work for Cliff, but have been buying his kits for years and there is no comparison to parts store kits.  Years ago, before ethanol and other additives, almost any kit would work well.  Not so today.  Cliffs kits have the rubber parts impervious to ethanol and other additives.  And as the gas additives change, his parts change too.

All 3 of my old cars run perfectly with kits from Cliff.  Smooth and responsive.  My 72 Cutlass broke down a quarter mile from my house last Sunday.  Top was down and it wouldn't start after it cut out.  A 1970 442 pulled up and stopped to see if he could help.  We determined it was most likely a fuel pump, or a clogged sock in the tank, so he gave my wife and I a lift home.  He was talking about installing a modern fuel injection system on his 455.  I know why, too.  His car had all the signs of needing a carb rebuild with decent kit.  He had to feather the accelerator, because the accelerator pump was faulty.  A proper kit and an hour or 2 and it could be running like a 442 was designed to run.

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