KidStallyn

Found a rebuild kit at CarQuest and they had it delivered form Phoenix the same day. Rebuilt the carbs yesterday and re-installed them. Took a minute, but the car started up, and I adjusted the idle and she runs like CHAMP!!! Now, I have to go through all the fun of getting it registered in my name and plated....go through the emissions testing, etc. Since the entire engine is rebuilt, I don't expect it to fail emissions....but you never know. I'll make sure the engine is warm etc..... Right now I have it idling about 1100. I know that's a bit high, but at 750ish, like the manual says, it really sputters a bit....especially when I press down the gas. I need to wait for the temperature to rise before I can make any final adjustments.

Thanks so much for the reply. We have two service manuals, and after a lot of readin of those sections, I agree with you diagnosis. The tube I'm talking about are on the top, and would goto the air cleaners if we had the stock air cleaner. The air cleaners on there are not stock, and there are two individual air cleaners. The gasket seal on the front carb is dried out. The car sat garaged for three years, with an empty tank. There was less then a gallon of gas in it. Which was def bad. We had thought we'd gotten it all out, but I'm sure there was some left in the carbs that gummed them up. I'll be taking them apart 1 at a time today to clean them up. Also, we aren't using an electric fuel pump, just the stock mechanical.

OK....New to the Datsun world. Have some questions. The car has a totally rebuilt engine, but it hasn't been run in about 3 years. When we went to start it, fuel comes out of the hose that's connected what at first thought was an overflow valve. But, upon reading, that's not an overflow.....It looks to be an air intake. We actually clamped them (there's 2, one on each carb), and the car started right up. But now gas leaks out the float....perhaps a bad gasket. But my wquestion, why does gas come out of these tubes. If it's an intake, it should be sucking in air. What if there's not enough oil in the reservior. Why is there oil in the reservoir?? I'm lost.