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1956 fairlane will run with foot on the pedal ,as soon as I release pedal motor will stop.
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Well, that doesn't tell us much. Turn up the idle screw on the carb?
Seriously, how much rpm do you need to keep it running?
miker
55 bird, 32 cabrio F code
Kent, WA
Tucson, AZ
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Had trouble getting decent idle on my 56 turned out to be intake manifold gaskets letting air in.
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I’m with miker and WHIPPER; need more information. Carburetor issues and/or a vacuum leak would be at the top of the my list though. On the carb it could be a number of things with the simple fixes being related to air/fuel adjustments and idle speed. Vacuum leaks could be from a number of places but start with the vacuum hose going to the windshield wipers and the carb base gaskets.
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I feel like a vacuum leak would cause it to idle higher, unless it's a really huge leak. I'd personally say it's the carburetor. Make sure you get everything set perfectly on it. Also, I would check timing to make sure that's good as well.
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I have no idea what the guys problem might be.
HOWEVER, last week I bought a new 2 stroke weed whacker and filled it with gas and 40 to 1 oil. It started right up but when I tried to open the throttle past idle it would stall. I tried several time with the same result. Stall. The troubleshoot in the manual said if the gasoline was older that 1 month this could happen. I changed to new gasoline and that cured my problem. I was very surprised. I learned from this. Pete
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