On my lunch hour a few days later I visited a local carb shop. The man agreed
the carb needed to have the spring and sold me one for $5. No longer sweating
removing and cracking open the carb, that night I installed the spring and took
it for a test drive. Yeehaw! What a difference having an accelerator pump
spring makes!Lessons learned? Rebuilding a carb is no longer a scary experience. I have a much better understanding of how carbs work. I used to fear the prospect of pulling a carb off of a car; what with all their hoses, linkages, snap rings, springs and things I don't even have names for. Now this one comes off in about three minutes. Goes on in about four. Fixing the Dart's drivability problem gave me the confidence to attack any problem with another car and fix that one with zero cash outlay. But the biggest lesson learned is, I'm still not done! Probably never will be. And that's the fun. There is always something going on with an old car that needs fixing. You tinker, experiment, talk it over with your car-nut friends, and eventually come up with something that works without breaking you. And at the end of the day, you wash your hands, pop open a cold one, and enjoy the glow of a job well done. Thanks Pete! Don't forget to buy Tim a cold one!  Have a fix for these old cars? Tell us about it! Send it to us! webmaster@mydailydriver.com |
"And at the end of the day, you wash
your hands, pop open a cold one, and enjoy the
glow of a job well done. "
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