carb. rebuild help
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Cruising
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From: Clarksville Tennessee
carb. rebuild help
I recently rebuilt my Quadrajet on my automatic 78 vette. When I rapidly accelerate from a stop, it lags before it shifts to second or starts jumping up and down between gears. It performs fine everywhere else, idles well, shifts from second to third fine, no problems when I get on it when it is already in second or third, if I slowly accelerate it has no problems anywhere. Any advice would be appreciated.
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Try adjusting your 2-1 kickdown cable on the carb: Pop the plastic adjustment tab up, put the carb at WOT, and then push the tab back down. Verify your tranny modulator hose is hooked up and undamaged.
Lars
Lars
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Cruising
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From: Clarksville Tennessee
Thanks for the advice Lars, I messed around with that carb for hours looking at my pre-work pictures to make sure all the hoses were in the right place, replacing damaged ones, finally got it working and it runs smooth. I am a rookie when it comes to working on cars but I like to do the work myself, I have now successfully rebuilt my first q-jet, which is a miracle.
