Classic Car Survival - Two Barbaric Universal Roadside Carburetor Repairs That Work Every Time

[@loutruckmd]

That was the first thing my Dad taught me, when I was 10 years old. I would go help at my Dad's shop when I was a kid. I've been a mechanic ever since. I remember like it was yesterday. I am 61 years old now. I can see the carburetor over flowing with gas, and Dad tells me to tap it with the screwdriver on the fuel inlet. I did it, the fuel went away and the engine evened out. It was like magic to me. I was 10 years old, and felt like a mechanic. Thanks Uncle Tony, for the great memories.

[@jamesdaniel3326]

Sticky needle valve.

[@stevetaylor9265]

I must be getting old. I remember these tricks from before youtube was thought of. I thought everyone knew this.

[@LongIslandMopars]

We're old, dude. God bless us.

[@MVPisME383]

Well I'm only 34😂 but you'd be surprised at the knowledge we take for granted. It's kinda sad really

[@timothyupleger7007]

Yea, and Jack Benny was 39 when he died. 😂​@MVPisME383

[@famousutopias]

And to this day I can’t deal with stop start cars cuz I think it has died, and not merely turned off at a traffic light.

[@EvzenKovar-i5p]

Thank God UTG has a new video this afternoon. I needed to get away from news.

[@captainfancypants4933]

my friend, you don't have to listen or watch the news. Just pop over to andrew camerata, or diesel creek, or pole barn garage, vice grip garage, ol cleeter mcfarland. So much stuff to watch on youtube instead.

[@MVPisME383]

Right​@@captainfancypants4933

[@EvzenKovar-i5p]

Thank you for the recommendations :)

[@dddevildogg]

Waylon Wire, where Ken might even be fixing some truck or playing the six string and singing a tune.Rainman Ray, you can learn from him too.Hagerty, Jay Leno the Tube can keep you watching way past what you thought the time is

[@natevanlandingham1945]

The quadrajet has a filter right there at the carburetor where the line screws in so if you have 3ft of rubber line , as long as you have that factory filter in place you shouldn't get that rubber problem he is talking about if you have a q jet.

[@brucellosis]

I recently bought my dad's Ford 8N tractor from my mom. After I hauled it from the farm to my house, I was tooling up and down my driveway when it started running rich and sputtering and it died out. I was scratching my head for a few minutes. Looking around to troubleshoot, I noticed a bunch of little pock marks on the side of the carb. My memory came back to 30-some years ago when running the tractor on the farm and the fix we used when it did this. I grabbed the adjustable wrench from the tractor's little tool box and gave the carb a few light whacks in a few spots. It started right up and ran normally after the excess fuel cleaned out.

[@timothyupleger7007]

My grandfather taught me these tricks 60 years ago. The whacking and dry gas, too. This brings back happy memories of him doing this freeing up the needle and seat on his Hudson.

[@JeffKnoxAZ]

Years ago, my '66 El Camino died in the middle of an intersection, resulting in me having to push it off the road into a parking lot. I was stumped so I called my cousin Tommy in Oklahoma for advice. He asked me a few questions and I did my best impersonation of the car dying. I doubted him when he confidently told me there was a grain of sand in the inlet needle and seat, but I pulled it apart and there it was. I wiped it off, put it back together, and she ran like a top. Simple stuff that, if you know, you know. Now I'm teaching my grandson about keeping these old beasts running, and you're a big help Uncle Tony.

[@johnkirkilis34]

Love these old school tricks. Brings back memories.❤

[@jamesf4405]

Great info about water in the gas. You're 100% correct about them engineering ways to control this. When I was 15, I had a job pumping gas at a local station. Each morning we "had to dip the tanks"... This involved grabbing a long (about 10 foot long) wooden measuring stick, opening the cap on the underground fuel tanks and inserting the stick. You'd pull it up and measure, not only the fuel, but also the amount of water at the bottom of the tank.

[@Carstuff111]

Someone I kind of knew, I would hear him start up his 1970s Chevrolet medium duty truck and every so often it would run fine, till it got near low idle, then it would stumble and die. Now this explains why and what he was doing to fix the issue because he would restart it, I would hear him rev the piss out of it, hear it nearly stumble and die a few times and then it was idling. Thank you for explaining this, that had me wondering for years what he was doing.

[@paulbruno8327]

Even though I knew where you were going with these issues I watched it anyway. It’s like reminiscing about good memories in a way. My everyday driver is a ‘68 Galaxie 500 with the original points distributor and the original 2100 2 barrel and I wouldn’t have it any other way. I could fix all this stuff on the side of the road if I had to. Have a great day Tony! 🏁

[@russriley3005]

I just sold a 72 galaxy, I traded an ounce of cannabis for it, changed the fuel filter, dropped an exhaust donut in it and sold it for $1500. the new owner drove it 250 miles home

[@guyjordan8201]

Quote of the day; “choke it or whack it“. The funny thing is Tony, I’m remembering my dad struggling in the driveway with old cars running badly and I just wish all your solutions were available to him so he’d be less frustrated. Thank you for your golden wisdom.

[@adamrosen7937]

These old-school lessons are worth their weight in gold and my personal favorite.

[@bw3506]

My friends dad was a GM trained mechanic. He taught me the rev and smother technique. He'd also do this when he shot carb cleaner down the throat and vent tube of the carbs to help cut down on varnish and gumminess at tune up time even when they weren't having problems. He said it would draw the cleaner up through all the passages and cut down on buildup. He's gone now but he sure helped us kids learn a lot of stuff. But he liked having us kids around sometimes to pull transmissions and engines for next to nothing in pay while he did the more detailed stuff and not be under there in the dirt as often.

[@abeld.4008]

“Choke it and WACK iT” is the best t-shirt idea since the the peeing standing up internal combustion T-shirt

[@bbb462cid]

I can barely see what you typed

[@pauljones2031]

I'd buy THAT for a dollar!!😁

[@carmudgeon7478]

Tony, you are an evil, evil influence. I havent delt with those issues in years. So now I'm buying a 64 Valiant that is way over priced. Thanks bud.

[@AtZero138]

Mopar A Bodies Forever 🇺🇸

[@Daniel-fd3wp]

Those are getting more scarce and overpriced you’re right. 😂

[@Freedomquest08]

Maybe Tony is actually a good influence. After all, it's way more manly to fiddle with a engine on an old car than the 12" touch screen on a new one.

[@domm_3k]

DUDE I JUST BOUGHT A 73SCAMP and it dude this I had no idea what it was this was the problem I’m sure 💀

[@LongIslandMopars]

Hope you're not buying a 64 Valiant convertible. I had one and sold it cheap because it was a rust bucket.

[@larryspiller6633]

I'm used to automotive quirks. Mopar and Ford quirks that is. Seems they always required more cranking than the others. Of course they were well worn by the time I bought them. Late 60's cars bought in the late 70's were affordable but required many trips to the junkyard or parts store.

[@Joe-z6q2i]

A carburetor, thermostat and starter are three things that usually benefit from a few raps with a wrench or hammer!

[@scottsimonton7200]

Remember always being told HEET or dry-gas if being used only use the red container with isopropyl alcohol in it. Once saw a demonstration of how isopropyl with actuality make moisture a burnable content.

[@badgers9085]

Perfect timing Tony. This happened in my d200 just 2 days ago after picking up some food and the old Tonya Harding on the needle and float had me back on the road and home before my food was cold. Thanks for the videos these last few years. It's helped bring me a long way from where I started from when I found your channel.

[@kelvinrf]

I have a puffer in the fuel line from a small boat motor fuel line. Charges the carby up a treat.

[@oldsjetfire8975]

A teaspoon or two of HEET down the air vent of the carburetor, down into the float bowl, works fairly well also. It will draw the water right out of the idle circuit.

[@oldsjetfire8975]

At least most GM carburetors, the vent is easily accessible

[@nickbonvino]

The amount of knowledge in Tony’s brain never ceases to amaze me!

[@DePrettoAuto-farm]

Had the exact same issue happen on my ‘67 Chevelle with an edelbrock one day coming home from work, I’m already thinking the worst, I limp it home and pop the hood, start fooling with the idle circuit, still nothing. Then the lesson my high school auto shop teacher taught me, and that was to hold the choke and rev the engine up, sure enough, the idler like brand new. I feel fortunate as a man in his 20s to have had old school guys like yourself as mentors to learn these tricks that get forgotten as technology advances.

[@raybrensike42]

Back in '80 I was about to go on a trip and my '79 Sportster wouldn't idle. I took it to the dealer, and he told me to do what Tony is saying here, and it worked. Maybe it was just water, but we were talking about some dirt or crud. Either way, it worked.

[@GaryAbdilla]

Back in the day when doing tune-ups after replacing fuel filters I would pinch off the rubber fuel line to the fuel pump. Start the engine and let idle until it stalls. Then remove the fuel line pinch tool(rounded vise grip) Start the engine and the fuel going in would be under max flow from the pump and the needle would be max open. That usually cleared any debris.

[@jamesdaniel3326]

In the 80s and 90s when I was running my small block Chevys all the fuel in Michigan had 10% ethanol (i.e. dry gas). I never experienced these problems with my hollies. I love noncomputerized carburetor ran sound mechanical cars!

[@russriley3005]

I love those old school repairs. I actually forgot about the choke maneuver. they are pretty unused in this fuel injected world, but half my cars are carbureted, and one still runs a points style distributer

[@leehuntsman4586]

I finally knew something about carbs before uncle told us!! Love your content UTG!!

[@AgentZ7]

As somebody who works on marine applications all day, this is super common. Especially now with the ethanol increase in the Gasoline. draws in a ton of moisture from the air.

[@chaoskaiser72]

My takeaway from the past few UTG videos I've watched is to be happy about water in the tank because it will clean the carbon off the valves without any maintenance needed.

[@No1414body]

For those chevy guys that run qjets chances are your soft plugs at the bottom of the float bowls are leaking, this will drain the carb when you shut the engine off and you can usually see it from steam coming out of the carb when you shut the engine off

[@billhendon1017]

Thanks man !! Wow over the years I’ve had that trouble! I usually just run the hell out of it eventually it would straighten out!!

[@oldtimerf7602]

Always a relief when they are half way down in the right direction!

[@malcolmmallett909]

Been there and done that more times than I could count. I think I’m a couple of years older than you Tony. And enjoy watching your videos. Been a mechanic all my life. Just recently went old school on my 1990 D250 with a 360 4 speed. Throttle body injection system took a crap. I made an adapter plate. Installed a carburetor and a points distributor. May go with an electronic ignition at some point but had the carb and distributor already. Working on my 1965 Dart GT hopefully will have it on the road soon. Take care.

[@combustion-junkiecustomart8083]

LOVE this old school info! It's priceless.

[@paulckeslerjr4543]

I totally love what you are saying, this is a simple lost art like dialing a rotary phone. We have this knowledge and really have to share it before it's lost forever!

[@vanderpoolfarmsl.l.c.9983]

We bought a brand new Ford Bronco in 1986 that would on occasion get debris between needle and seat. I carried one of those bulbs that you clear a baby's nose with and a tube from a WD-40 can and a screw driver. Remove the Holley fuel level site cap, suck all of the fuel from the bowl and the particle would rinse out upon starting. Had to do it a few different times.

[@lgude]

Yeah, forgot that experience. Didn’t know the reason. But I used to instinctively grab the choke - I always installed manual- and pump the accelerator and rev it to try to clear it. I also probably gave up and rebuild the carb. I’ve also fixed a lot of cars broken down besidetheroadwithfuelstarvation by taking off the top of the carby and tightening down the seat that slowly unscrewed and effectively lowered the fuel level. Back in the 70s.

[@MoparMan-ff8fb]

Thats why you dont want to stop at a gas station that a tanker truck is filling up the under ground tanks it sturs up the water and fuel causing problems . i use a bottle of the hight percentage of rubbing alcohol to help get the water out of the gas tank / carb

[@ohm1945]

My father taught me this b many years ago but at the time, I thought it was just pulling sediment or gunk through via the huge amount of vacuum. It never registered it was water he was clearing. Thank you Uncle Tony

[@mi4deorosrenault475]

Gracias, genial como cuetas y detallas los problemas, con una simplicidad unica😊

[@kevs56chev]

Thanks Tony!! Dry climate like CO, water in the fuel isn't a problem, usually. I didn't know that first trick that's great thank you!

[@jamesmarze9850]

So smart Tony I always learn something from your videos!!! and it helps me keep my plymouth satelitte running strong!!!! Thank you!!!!

[@ronnie918644]

It Dont Have To Be Water-It Can Be Fine Rust Particles Blocking The Idle Jet System-OR DUST-So It Dont Happen -Put A Clear Wix Fuel Filter Inline Close To The Carb and run 10% Ethanol Fuel Every other Tank Fill-If You Still Have Problems Check Your Air Filter Housing Letting Dust In Somewhere and Your Fuel Tank Cap- And Put A Fuel Filter INLINE on Your Fuel Tank Vent Hose- If that Dont work Rev THe Engine put ur hand over carb inlet until it almost dies 4 or 5 times-SUCK THE BLOCKAGE OUT WHAT EVER IT IS- PUT A INLINE FUEL FILTER ON YOUR TANK VENT TUBE SO NO DUST CAN GET IN THE TANK-OLD SCHOOL CAR GUY 55 YRS FIXING THESE : )--MY TRUTH I TELL TO STOP THAT PROBLEM-THANKS TONY FOR UR VIDEOS-GODS BLESS !!!

[@DanEBoyd]

I never thought about butting the filter housing bung against the hard-line, under the coupler hose! Minimize contact between fuel and rubber - brilliant! That practice kills two birds with one stone, because it also ensures that the rubber hose/coupler will never collapse.

[@JorgeGuido-s8q]

Perfect uncle Tony I Kip learning from you don’t ever stop making videos about anything I never get tired I don’t care the topic I know I going learn something new from you I like to learn about everything good and bad I do the good but I know how the bad works too so I know thank you saludos desde Redwood City ca

[@MrJohnnyDistortion]

U.T. is always entertaining, always super informative, and should have more views and subscribers.

[@cpcoark]

One other thing to consider, many of the cheap over sea fuel filters will denigrate sending filter pieces downstream to the carb. Real prevalent on small engine filters.

[@michaelmurphy6869]

This video brought back a lot out memories, remember doing those simple solutions back in the day. Once l had a customer who's 70's Chevy pickup (350 with a Q-jet) came in and say his pickup didn't have any power. Idled very smooth, give it any throttle it would basically fall on itself (obivious fuel issue). Tested the fuel pump both pressure and vacuum draw were good, filter was clear. While the engine was running you could snap it and it would rev but after the accel pump shot was done it would again fall on itself. Looking down into the carb it turn out one of the boosters wasn't flowing enough fuel so only 4 cyl's were getting fuel and other 4 were basically getting starved out. Tried choking it, it didn't work. So l removed the top of the carb found that a grain of sand was plugging off one of the main jets (the David that brought down the Goliath) removed the jet. Sure enough it was about 90% plugged. Showed the customer a he was amazed that could happen. Cleared it put it back in, put the top back on started it up ran great. Turns out that the customer had replaced his own air filter previously, what must have happened was when he switched out the filter a small amount of dirt/sand had fallen into the carb and that grain of sand fell through the bowl vent and eventually got drawn into the jet. After that l always made sure l cleaned the air filter housing and covered the carb when l checked or changed an air filter. Anything can happen at anytime. Thanks Uncle Tony for the great video.

[@TheHotsauce142]

Do I sense a top 5 most common primitive roadside fixes video coming soon?

[@Lecherous_Rex]

I found the ethanol fuel to pull water from atmosphere when it sits. Made for a real mess in equipment used only half the year.

[@mikereiff4516]

"Smack it with a wrench", unparalleled wisdom from the ages.

[@ssnerd583]

.....many years ago, a good friend had this issue...we had stopped on the side of the road for a beer piss and the car wouldnt start....my buddy was 0_o....and he said '...what are you looking for??" i looked for and found a rock about the size of a baseball and i gave the carb a smack and BAM~!! it started right up.......the rock went to the floorboard.....so whenever something didnt work right, thereafter.....it was 'GET A ROCK!!' and we'd laugh and everybody else just thought we we were crazy.....good time RIP JIMMY!!!

[@2StrokeDriptroit]

Lol I was answering your questions correctly each time! Been there done that! 😋 I dig these troubleshooting videos, Uncle Tony! THANKS! 👍🏻👌🤘

[@briane.5656]

Thanks Tony, wish I'd understood this several years ago. This was on an '87 D150, LA318 with a weird Holley 2bbl, I had lots of water in the tank, and dealt with that, but didn't know how to clear out the carburetor. It may have been too far gone anyway, as when I eventually pulled it apart there was lots of corrosion in the bowl, but I would've definitely given this a try if I'd known.

[@kennethcohagen3539]

I’ve owned a few fords. In the late 70’s/early 80’s they used an electronic ignition system and the control unit is a block that sits on the fender well or firewall. When they fail it can shut off while you’re driving somewhere. The first time I had this happen I was driving my ex wife’s LTD. I come to a six way stop and when I had the green light I left the turn lane and started to make a left turn. The car stalled, and I tried and tried to start it to no avail. The light change and two cement trucks were coming my way. I relied to start it again, and again until the cement trucks were getting too close. That’s when I opened the door and ran out of the way. The trucks hit their brakes and narrowly mist the boat anchor sitting in front of them. Luckily they were able to start. I went back and tried to start it one more time, but it wouldn’t start so I started pushing that beast out of the intersection. Just then a guy came running up and started helping me push the car out of the way, for which I am forever thankful. We managed to get into the first lot available and parked and locked. The car. Then I walked over to Jack in the Box and got a large cup of ice water. I poured the cold water over the control unit slowly and tried again. This time it worked. After that I started bringing cold water with me in a small lunch box sized ice chest. The next car I had with this problem was a Mustang II and after the first time it stalled out came the ice chest. Got time the cars ran well after the I changed the module. I also had a 77 Gremlin 6 cylinder car. It had a prestolite ignition system. It had a weird vacuum advance and retard on the side of the distributer. One day I was driving it around when I heard a pop and the engine shut down. This time I had enough momentum to drive it into a parking lot. I opened the hood to find the distributor cap had been blown off the distributor. I put the cap back one and it ran fine, for a while. I couldn’t find a vacuum advance for it so I ended putting an old points type distributor in it and it ran fine after that. I came to find out that hat out that the vacuum advance/retard would fill with the air fuel mixture and when it became Stoic it would ignite with just enough force to blow off the distributor cap. Tony’s right, if you drive an older car you will have problems. You’ll become good at trouble shooting things on the fly too!

[@dddevildogg]

As an aircooled mechanic I've used the trick at 12:15 it often fixes an engine that dies, driving you mad and may stop you from thinking about cleaning or replacing the carb- with a ridiculously cheap Carb from Amazon or FleaBAy The defining word here is MAYBE Keep your feet from going under the mower. Shoes and toes can be expensive

[@DarrenShaw-ev5tb]

Tried that - one two many times with a roch 2brl - Broke the fuel inlet clean off ! Worst part ( going to the dragstrip ) Edmonton International Speedway - Middle of the intersection right when all the folk were trying to get in !! ( lol

[@glennwmurphy1]

OLD CARS GIVE YOU A SKILL SET AND UNDERSTANDING OF I.C. ENGINES YOU CANNOT LEARN ANY OTHER WAY...TONY, YOU ROCK. TELL ME ALL ABOUT "THE JEWEL", THE 351 WINDSOR, BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT BUYING A RIG WITH ONE THAT DOES NOT RUN AT THE MOMENT...AS MY WIFE ALWAYS SAYS TO ME; "IN YOUR SPARE TIME-OF COURSE...:)"

[@markdavis3362]

Great video Tony! Another great fix for both problems I’ve used a LOT is a few WOT blasts on a road in Mexico.

[@libertyjusticeforall6754]

I remember a good friend of mine which I learned a lot from did that about 20 years ago, that's awesome.

[@agostinodibella9939]

Great tips, Uncle Tony! I wish I knew them back when I had my 1971 Scamp! I do remember dealing with carburetor icing when the weather started getting colder in the fall.

[@charletonzimmerman4205]

Thank you- Michael -"J", just "BEAT-IT" !

[@toejam503]

Sportsters are notorious for carb issues like these. It's all part of the fun

[@OldcarsNmusic]

I've said this before on another video but I think it bears repeating: I thought I knew a lot about cars before I started watching Tony's videos. Since then? Hardy har har har! I knew just enough to be dangerous.

[@christinamoneyhan5688]

Me too and I’m a lot older than Tony.

[@blakenorman4822]

I drove my 78 la 360 new rebuild 400 miles last saturday, new 4 second flat ignition system new alternator, ran at 14 volts, new 4 barrel edlebrock, fired right up Everytime even when it was a little hot driving around the event idling, after about 70 miles into the homeward bound leg i juiced the gas passing a semi and immediately it started spitting and coughing, stopped a few times tried adjusting the timing a little got worse, started backfiring no power, sounded like popcorn, finally took off fuel filter and blew thru it and started elecric fuel pump and flushed the line, put it back together and ran just fine 150 miles home, not sure what it was

[@roballen5404]

You eat carburators for breakfast

[@stevetaylor9265]

Lol

[@Dan-q4h]

Kamala soy boys wouldn't know a carburetor from a distributor.

[@poireauer6517]

You eat carbs ! 😅

[@user-ke2hc9me1y]

“Uncle Tony for Kamala” 😂😂😂

[@MVPisME383]

I saw this right when he said, " whata ya do"😂

[@marcgucciardo1942]

Such good advice. I couldn’t fit the on carby filter on my quaddy because it hit the water neck on my boat. The 1 foot piece of hose between the can filter and carby shed pieces of rubber and jammed the needle. Fuel flooding everywhere 😳!

[@JohnMcClain-p9t]

I can't count the number of engines I've worked on with frayed, dilapidated rubber hose visible outside the edges of the clamps, if it's bad there, it's bad inside, time to replace it. Good knowledge Tony, well described!

[@69Kowalski]

Thank,s Tony,, your tech movies are so importent for me and excellent, i like them veery mutch and also all other movies as well,, many thank you for that.. you and jamie from dead dodge garage are the Magic Mecanic,s for me,,, ;-)))) keep on Rocking at the Car,s,, best wishes and greetings maik from switzerland

[@robdixson196]

"you're a champion, you beat it....with an adjustable wrench" 🤣

[@mattshansen9814]

Thank you that she sold some of my issues that I'm having. Appreciate it Uncle Tony

[@rar7631]

Wish I had such great information about these cars back in the 60’s and 70’s when they were my daily drivers and encountered these problems.😂

[@philspear73]

This type of content is invaluable, good stuff!

[@scotcoon1186]

The Peterson's 4 wheel and off road guys, when they still were a magazine, would stuff a rag or a t shirt in the carb.

[@SavingChevys73]

I've done this trick many times for different reasons. It's a good trick.

[@Neggs2000]

You're a true car guy. Thanks for the content.

[@ve2cii]

50 yrs ago we had a car come into the garage (in the winter) where the gas tank was half frozen, as in half the tank of gas was a block of ice. How did this happen you ask. It goes like this. A filling station had their snow cleaned. They put the snow with the plow right on top of the fillers for the underground talks. Snow melted and all that water went into the large tanks. So instead of a foot of water you now have 3 feet of water. People were coming in and filling up their cars with water. Overnight the entire fuel system froze. Carburator, fuel filter, fuel pump, everything.... Getting tha block of ice out of the tank was really something. It was -35c outside and was maybe +10c in the garage. You could not heat the tank and the garage was not warn enough for the block of ice to melt in a reasonable amount of time. It was lot's of fun!!!

[@libertyf350]

Good point about disintegrating fuel lines.

[@Jim-ic2of]

I remember Tappa Tappa Tappa ! Since I was a kid . Seen my Dad do it 😮!😊

[@Trikekid84]

I had a vapor lock issue on our 63 belair which has a 230 6 with a Rochester 1 barrel. My dad walked to the gas station which was next door to put gas in a pop can to dump down the carb to get it going. But by the time he got back I went into the trunk, got a screwdriver, gave the bowl a few taps to bust any bubbles and I drove over to where he was at. He was surprised and said “now what the heck do I do with 79 cents of gas?”

[@gr8xr7]

Thx for something i never knew. Short rubber between filter and hard carb line

[@briang4470]

A problem i have been running into the past few years is the actual glue that holds the fuel filter material together coming loose and getting stuck in the needle valve. I hate rubber fuel line and try to plumb any fuel system i can with only metal line with bolt together connections. But even then with a bolted in fuel filter i still every now and then have the glue holding the filter material together come loose and make a mess. If your running an edelbrock or holley carb i would highly recommend using those "filter stones" that go into the fuel inlet fitting on the carb as a last defense from debris.

[@madmikeparra1]

Wow, that’s amazing. Thank you so much.

[@jreeder6168]

Good info. Thanks. I've had good results with heet with cars that have been sitting for long periods

[@pauljones2031]

My dad's 83 D150 with 225 /6 had a stalling issue, but was a daily driver so probably not fuel. I tried the carb tap thing, no result. Ended up throwing a jacobs coil and wires on it, that solved it.

[@dongeorge4037]

I always enjoy learning from you, Unk.

[@jimmyconn7314]

Yeah buddy awesome ol school video!!

[@chuckmaddison2924]

In Australia, a carburettor can be a good idea. Most people live in small patches on the coast. You could be in the middle of God knows with EFI praying you get found before you die. Old Diesel better as road graders on dust roads use Diesel, so running out of fuel is not such a big problem.

[@Beanerds]

Back in the old days in New Zealand we used ' Metholated Spirits ' , did the same thing .

[@kromlidisp]

I'm in Australia and I love old school problems.

[@craigjones2878]

You must be stoked; we have plenty of problems here!

[@sasz2107]

I knew about these tricks from years ago, but I thought it was dirt in the carburetor causing issues. I didn't think it was water in the fuel, but it makes sense. I remember replacing the needle and seat by unscrewing it and putting in a new one on a Holley 1945 carburetor on a Dart I had years ago. I am convinced that people years ago did not understand what was happening when they had driveability problems on their carbureted cars years ago, especially during the emissions era (mid 70s - mid 80s). They thought the American cars were "unreliable" or "bad", but it was just a limitation of the carbureted fuel systems those cars had. All fuel injected cars have fewer driveability problems and are more "reliable". People think it's a Japanese vs American thing but it seems more like a fuel injection vs carburetor thing to me. It's too bad people didn't or don't understand why these things happened on their cars years ago. If people had a little more patience and willingness to learn, but they don't. They want their cars to "just work" and not deal with things like stalling out one in a while.

[@MalleeBoy1966]

Your comment about water in the fuel tank, here in Australia back in the old days we used to pour a bottle of "metho" methylated spirits into the tank and that would take the water through the system and usually fix it

[@ManuelPerez-ip4bb]

Small amount of linseed oil in the fuel will help with slowing down the evaporation.

[@bobbyz1964]

Bought a 66 Valiant for my daughter, actually my second wife's idea she thought it was cool. So I get the Slant 6 purring like a kitten, the wife drives it around and says "we can't give this car to your daughter". She had a good reason, my daughter grew up with EFI and wouldn't have a clue how to start it on a cold day, or how to put something in the choke when it floods on a hot day. We gave hear a modern car instead. A few years later the kid drove the 66 Volvo in my picture all over the place, way further than id drive the damned thing. 🤣

[@donteblack7294]

👍🏾👊🏽 great video Uncle Tony

[@TJ-oi5qe]

Love this channel

[@christopherconard2831]

The title and thumbnail were giving me flashbacks to when I lost my mind and bought a Triumph Spitfire. It would lock shut occasionally with zero throttle response, just idle. I became quite good at recognizing when the problem was about to happen. I could jump out, pop the hood, tap the carb with a screwdriver and any improvised hammer thingy, and be back in the driver's seat before most lights had changed.

[@Red9GearHeads]

Wife was impatiently waiting in our square body the other day while I was fixing a cooking issue. I’m happy as a pig in sh*t under the hood. She’s texting her friends about our stopping to fix the truck. Oh well.

[@dennisthomas4766]

Back in 1980 I had a 74 Pinto with a 2.0 4 cylinder that the float in the carburetor became a sinker, so I walked a mile back home took a float out of another holley/weber carb I had walked a mile back to the car put the float in it started it up and drove away with no more problems with the carburetor for the couple years I had it!!!!

[@wjstang]

Thanks Tony, good stuff. I had forgotten about that water line clearing. Remember my pop doing that way back in the early 80s to his F100. I have a 65 Stang. I’m able to buy premium in Clarksville without ethanol for my Stang and 81 GMC POS. I figured that helps with reducing the water hydrating the fuel. Is that a good practice? Thanks again for the content.