Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: mileage

[Hal <strlcuckoo_46@xxxxxxxxx>]

have you readjusted your method of reading the
odometer to compesnate for those over size tires in
back? It will not make a huge difference but some. you
need the choke when it is cold but if it is sticking
then that could be a minor problem. Not a fan of those
2bbl carbs which is one of the reasons I'm running a
360cfm 4bbl. I had to rebiuld or replace my 2bbl every
year it seemed and rebuilds cost about $290/$350 out
of California.

--- Charles Burch <warlocke@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> ill check all the lines this week when i get back
> from southern missouri as i need to jack it up
> anyways to check my brakes. but i am leaking
> differintional fluid i need to replace the front
> pinion seal but dont know how to go about doing it.
> and i believe it is a little black at the end of the
> muffler, is that to rich?? cause it sounds about
> right when i adjusted it. thanks for all that input
> but im in missouri which is were a normal carb
> should be lol.
> i do however drive it mainly to school and back
> which its just warming up when i get to school. so
> the choke might be closed, dad said to check that
> and if it is try to wire it open. would this help??
> and here in the mornings its been 30-40 degrees and
> its hard to get the damn thing to start, i have to
> pump the gas like 50 times to get it to start lol.
> anyone else have this problem?? could i have a leak
> thats draining the gas from the line when it sits?
> once its ran for a bit i can start it the rest of
> the day no prob but i think its just cause its cold.
> i could be wrong tho. as far as i can tell its the
> stock lines lol so i guess it could of rusted thro. 
> but when i filled today i got 8.27 mpg
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Jerry 
>   To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>   Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 9:57 PM
>   Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: mileage
> 
> 
>   --- "Charles Burch" <warlocke@...> wrote:
>   >
>   > all are 14" back are 215 and front are 205 i
> think and i got a 
>   rebuilt 2bbl carb
> 
> 
>     Carburetors are a bad sticking point with
> Gremlins, they can ( and 
>   do ) go bad in a heartbeat. I've had nothing but
> trouble with the 2-
>   bbl carbs on my '74-78 Gremlins, they work fine,
> then suddenly it's 
>   Niagra falls coming out a seam or something. I had
> one POUR out the 
>   front, near the accelerator pump piston linkage on
> my '74 with auto 
>   trans, then the next day, it was fine, no leaks. I
> couldnt' figure 
>   it out. I wound up replacing it with another carb
> off a '72 Gremlin, 
>   which it still is using. 
>     Gas mileage? I got , in my '74 with auto trans,
> about 17-20 
>   normally, with a downhill thru Ohio to West
> Virginia of about 24 mpg 
>   once. But usually over 15, you definitely have a
> gas leakage problem 
>   somewhere if you are getting 7-10 only. Gas tank
> or tank filler neck 
>   hose leaking? Rubber gas lines underneath all ok?
> Check the rubber 
>   lines at the tank. Carb shouldn't be that bad, but
> maybe it has the 
>   wrong jets. Is your exhaust pipe black on the
> inside out back? could 
>   be a wrongly jetted carb. Are you near sea level,
> or in mountain 
>   area? A "normal" carb at sea level will run rich
> at elevation, I 
>   think, due to less air. If you ordered a reman
> carb, and are in the 
>   mountains, you may have a carb jetted for "thicker
> air". Something 
>   to check for. Doubt a parts chain will have a
> database for that type 
>   of thing. Hope this has helped somewhat. - Jerry
> in Virginia -
> 
> 
> 
> 
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