amw_drizz
10-05-2007, 05:24 PM
Okay i have a 83 ford ranger and pretty sure it is 2.0 1bbl carb.
got it running sat for 2 yrs and was able to drive home at reasonable speeds 25-50mph. on the last 1/2 mile she started coughin sputtering and acting like the engine died out. but was able to make it home.
thought the timing might of jumped as i hit one hell of hole on the way home and it didnt, okay floats on the carb are stuck. tapped the carb with a hammer no change. rebuilt the carb and she is getting the right amount of fuel now but she is backfiring and coughing not running right so i thought mabye i set it to far back so i loosend up the disrtb and turned it forward just a deg or so and it picked up the idle smoothed out and just started climbing in the RPM and wouldnt come down, i retarted the distrb and it came down and started coughing again. my father thinks the cat is cloged but the p/o hooked up the choke on the carb backwards, and had most of the vacuum lines disconnected and i traced them back and hooked them up in the right spots.
but any ideas why it wont be nice and smooth at idle? or if i turn the distrb one degree or so and it just climbs in to a no end of high rpm?
has new plugs, wires, rotor, cap.
on the drive over it had plenty of power dropped it from 3rd to 2nd and the back tires just spun like no prob and it through my heavy a$$ back in the seat.
edit:
went out and found out the carb was slightly loose allowing excess air into the system and tightend it down more, got it running smoothly at idle and returns to idle from reving the engine. but no power to it at all, my father thinks the cat is clogged up which may be. any other ideas?
got it running sat for 2 yrs and was able to drive home at reasonable speeds 25-50mph. on the last 1/2 mile she started coughin sputtering and acting like the engine died out. but was able to make it home.
thought the timing might of jumped as i hit one hell of hole on the way home and it didnt, okay floats on the carb are stuck. tapped the carb with a hammer no change. rebuilt the carb and she is getting the right amount of fuel now but she is backfiring and coughing not running right so i thought mabye i set it to far back so i loosend up the disrtb and turned it forward just a deg or so and it picked up the idle smoothed out and just started climbing in the RPM and wouldnt come down, i retarted the distrb and it came down and started coughing again. my father thinks the cat is cloged but the p/o hooked up the choke on the carb backwards, and had most of the vacuum lines disconnected and i traced them back and hooked them up in the right spots.
but any ideas why it wont be nice and smooth at idle? or if i turn the distrb one degree or so and it just climbs in to a no end of high rpm?
has new plugs, wires, rotor, cap.
on the drive over it had plenty of power dropped it from 3rd to 2nd and the back tires just spun like no prob and it through my heavy a$$ back in the seat.
edit:
went out and found out the carb was slightly loose allowing excess air into the system and tightend it down more, got it running smoothly at idle and returns to idle from reving the engine. but no power to it at all, my father thinks the cat is clogged up which may be. any other ideas?