carbed festy starving

[88FestivaLX]

I don't see anything. We need to figure this out or I'm gonna sell it, ha

[tbird302v8]

Mine is doing it too, any ideaS

[neanderpaul]

We still haven't solved it. We took a little break. I'll post after we figure it out.

[tbird302v8]

I found last night, that the 2 halves of my carb were loose, it is held together by 3 screws on the baseplate. took it off and tightened those, got almost a full turn on all of them. it might help i dont know we will see. if you grab the secondary diaphram and twist you will see what i mean

[cappyg]

My 88 and 89 carbed fessies has the same problem. I took one of my coworkers advice and just turned the distributor a couple of degrees advanced. That made a big difference in the idle and accelaration problem. Just thought i might give my two cents worth. Ketch Yawl later

[Quickslick4444]

I'm joining this party. I only get it when im in 2nd.. with the pedal to the floor. Stutters.. and will catch on and from there its fine.

[neanderpaul]

UPDATE - changed plugs, wires, distributor cap, rotor button, carb again. Still no luck. Anybody? :banghead:

[Fordverde]

Have you check if the base of the carburetor is flat???, or may be the throttles are bended

[neanderpaul]

^ I have that covered but thank you for the info.

[miami man]

about 25 years ago my friend had an opel manta they thought had a fuel problem so they replaced this and that with no luck. so i go over there and attach my dwell meter to the pig tail on the distributer and it started to run good. all it was is a loose pigtail wire on the distributer that was causing in their eyes a fuel problem. just my 2 cents.

[neanderpaul]

Thanks for the 2 cents. I will check that next.

[88FestivaLX]

Yea, gonna check/do everything above, ha

[88FestivaLX]

Ok, so earlier I messed with the distributor. I went ahead and advanced it slightly (clockwise right?) and took it for a drive. Maybe its all in my head, but WOW what a difference! I don't know whats its set at (I have no idea who borrowed my timing light last), but it accelerates MUCH better. I had a little valve rattle, so I knocked it back a little and that went away. Now the idle is at like 800-900. What is the correct idle for these things?

[cappyg]

One of my fessies does the same thing. To correct the bucking i just guessed at advancing the timing of the distributor a couple of degrees and the bucking bout dissapeared. I blame the problem to the vacuum advance not working and am currently trying to find a replacement. The clicking in the dash is caused from the engine coolant temperature sensor that is under the intake manifold. Mine also does the same thing. I have just been too lazy to fix it as it stops after the engine warms up. Hope this helps. Ketch Yawl later.

[neanderpaul]

Well thanks cappyg! will check timing next.