Lot of stories about Charlie - some swear by him, others swear at him. 





54 Victoria 312;  48 Ford Conv 302, 56 Bird 312
Forever Ford
Midland Park, NJ

I sent my three 94s to Charlie two weeks ago.  The last I spoke with him he was going to call me the next day with an estimate to rebuild them.  I haven't heard back from him, so I called and left a message.  Still nothing.  I'm beginning to wonder about him.

Not familiar with a smoke machine, but I will look into it.

The carbs are off the car and it now has an Edelbrock 4 bbl and it runs fine.  But I am not giving up on the 3x2 set-up.

I have explained this before and I will re-tell the situation. 

The car ran fine on the center carb with the two end carbs blocked off.  Upon unblocking the end carbs and putting fuel to them, they over-flowed with gasoline.  So I decided to send them to Charlie Price to get rebuilt and threw the center carb in with the others even though it didn't appear to need it.  When I got them back, I could not get the engine off idle.  Backfired when trying to open the throttle and then it would die.  Same manifold, same everything. 

You don't have to reply to this, because it has been hashed over earlier on this post.  We have all had those mystery ailments that took us months (or even years) to figure out.  I will eventually figure this one out.

For those who have mentioned that these Holleys are sensitive to fuel pressure, I have a pressure gauge and pressure regulator and the pressure is set at 2 PSI, as recommended by Charlie.

Thanks for all the comments guys.  This is a great website.

If you know someone with a smoke machine, it could be the easiest way to find it. I bought a good used Snap-On after spending days working an issue with no success, then a friend brought over an older Sun. 5 min. later we discovered a leak inside the lifter valley. 

Charlie called me a day or two ago.  He put my carb on his test engine and said it works perfectly.  Idles, accelerates, etc.   He said most likely my problem is a vacuum leak somewhere.  I'll just keep looking.

I have purchased all of my Tri-Power parts from Charlie with nothing but great results. Currently own 3 cars with his base plates, internal components, linkage, ect. They all perform flawless. So I'm no carb guru, but I have done all of the work myself by following his suggestions and basic experience. Hard to believe your having this much trouble, but I hope this time works for you.

Charlie Price is the guy doing the work on my carbs.  Talked to him last week and he seemed just a little upset that he keeps seeing that same carb coming back again and again.  He promised me he would put it on his test motor and check it out.  Have not heard from him.  I am hoping he finds something that solves my problem.

I adjusted mine to 2 psi. A good gauge in the system helps

All the early carbs were designed for not more  than 2 1/2 PSI otherwise it may overpower the float


54 Victoria 312;  48 Ford Conv 302, 56 Bird 312
Forever Ford
Midland Park, NJ

So Last year, my newly purchased 55 Sedan Delivery came with a freshly rebuilt 292 and a tri power with 3 new 94's from Edelbrock. Was doing similar things that you have shared. So, I consider myself to be a fairly competent wrench with basic carb rebuild skills. I have had experience setting up several systems using 2G carbs, so I went with what has worked for me in the past. You mentioned changing out the base plates, which is good, but the rest is sketchy. I purchased a kit from Charlie Price in Florida. Came with everything needed to convert the secondaries to dumpers. Easy to instal and has worked great for several thousand miles, including 15 mpg. One thing he mentioned is the need for a fuel regulator, which I don't remember reading here. He suggested a 1-4 psi unit, which I followed up with a gauge. Being you are relying on other people to assist with your problem create's a lot of unknown variables. So I wish you luck.  

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