Carter 4 barrel

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   Rebuilt my 290 with a mild 
cam.  Picked up 4 barrel manifold and carter AFB.  AFB came from a 69 290.  I rebuilt the carb and engine started and ran well for awhile.  I haven't driven it for about 3 weeks now and went to take it out tonight and it won't idle.  seems to be loading up, you can smell raw fuel out the exhaust.  Choke is open, looks like the secondaries are a little wet.  I had this happen once before and took the carb off and the top off.  Readjusted the float levels and ran fine after that until now.  Any suggestions?  Don't know where the carb came from, it was kind of a barn purchase.

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brahlf Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List AMC Nut Joined: Feb/16/2010 Location: Waukesha Status: Offline Points: 361	Post Options Post Reply Quote brahlf Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Carter 4 barrel Posted: Jul/07/2012 at 4:36pm
	Rebuilt my 290 with a mild cam. Picked up 4 barrel manifold and carter AFB. AFB came from a 69 290. I rebuilt the carb and engine started and ran well for awhile. I haven't driven it for about 3 weeks now and went to take it out tonight and it won't idle. seems to be loading up, you can smell raw fuel out the exhaust. Choke is open, looks like the secondaries are a little wet. I had this happen once before and took the carb off and the top off. Readjusted the float levels and ran fine after that until now. Any suggestions? Don't know where the carb came from, it was kind of a barn purchase.
	Bruce 1969 American wagon 290 1966 American Convert 290 1972 Gremlin X Factory 304 1978 Matador Wagon 360 1989 Jeep Comanche 3 AMC Eagles, not running yet