Re: [MV] Question for all of you carburetor experts

From: Steve & Jeannie Keith (cckw@comcast.net)
Date: Thu Sep 23 2004 - 05:03:23 PDT


What does a vacume gauge say?

How about compression?

Does the booster work?

Steve AKA Dr Deuce

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From: "42Ford GPW" <ilovejeeps@hotmail.com>
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Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 6:58 AM
Subject: [MV] Question for all of you carburetor experts

> I have a CCKW with the following symptoms:
>
> never starts without requiring a squirt of ether
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> once started, it idles fine and the throttle response is instant
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> working the choke: open, half closed, or closed, seems to have no effect
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> it is working)
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> I plan to put a kit in it, but I want to know what may be wrong because
> maybe I just need a
> jet or something cleaned out and can save the kit for later.
>
> Look forward to the comments ( except from RAM! - ha!)
>
> thanks
>
> Mike
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> Mike Curtis
> 1942 GPW(2) 1943 WC-52
> 1942 MB 1943 WC-56
> 1944 MB 1951 M37
> 1951 M38 1963 M37-B1
> 1955 M38-A1 1968 M35-A2
> 1972 M151-A2
> FORD GPW SPARE PARTS/BOXES/TAGS, ETC.
> & Destined someday for a CCKW!
>
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