someotherguy
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Don't sweat it, a lot of people make that mistake. Well, I don't. but a lot of people do. Just kidding.
On the carb, man, been years and years since I've had to jack around with one. Is it the factory Rochester Quadra-Jet? There's a couple things about them that will make em run pig rich, enough that you could light the exhaust on fire with a BBQ lighter. There's some casting plugs in the bottom of the body that need to be epoxy'd up while the carb is apart for a rebuild. They leak and dump raw fuel into the engine. It's pretty common knowledge though and I would think most Qjet's after all these years have been fixed already?
So give us more info, please, year, engine size, and what kind of carb is on it. And is the carb electronic...hope not, cuz I don't know jack about those. Only fought one once, ever, almost 20 years ago.
Richard