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Old 01-18-2004, 08:40 PM
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i bought a mustang and i need help with the carb. i know its a holley and has vacuum secondaries. which vacuum line do i need to hook where to get them to work. i need help soon so i can get it running.<IMG style="WIDTH: 341px; HEIGHT: 141px" height=128 src=uploads/pacepony/392E4_carblowside.JPG width=152 border="0">
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Old 01-18-2004, 09:17 PM
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i bought a mustang and i need help with the carb. i know its a holley and has vacuum secondaries. which vacuum line do i need to hook where to get them to work. i need help soon so i can get it running.&lt;IMG style="WIDTH: 341px; HEIGHT: 141px" height=128 src=uploads/pacepony/392E4_carblowside.JPG width=152&gt;
hey dude you dont need a line to make the sec. work its works thought the in side of the carb body ,,surfs up!!
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Old 01-19-2004, 01:09 PM
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i bought a mustang and i need help with the carb. i know its a holley and has vacuum secondaries. which vacuum line do i need to hook where to get them to work. i need help soon so i can get it running.&lt;IMG style="WIDTH: 341px; HEIGHT: 141px" height=128 src=uploads/pacepony/392E4_carblowside.JPG width=152&gt;
hey dude you dont need a line to make the sec. work its works thought the in side of the carb body ,,surfs up!!
you would only need vaccum to the brakes and tranny if needed and also vaccum advance if its needed as far as the card its within itself on the secondaries</P>


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I SEE IT'S A 600 IS THE OTHER 2 BARRELS NOT MOVING?
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Old 01-19-2004, 02:02 PM
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they appeared to be hitting on the intake so i went and bought a spacer. now they open some but not all the way. i dont know if they are suppose to open all the way. im new to this and still learning.
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Old 01-19-2004, 05:09 PM
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the carb idles decent but when i push the gas it chokes out then picks up. can anybody help me with this problem
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Old 01-19-2004, 06:39 PM
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when you say "chokes" do you mean it boggs down or it does it nothave enough gas to keep accelerating??? im pretty sure you mean that itneeds more gas, so try a richer jet. </P>
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Old 01-20-2004, 12:06 AM
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if im going down the road and downshift it pulls hard but if im sitting still and hit the gas it seems like it wants to die and then it picks up
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accellerator pumpworking properly?

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Old 01-20-2004, 11:23 AM
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how do you check it. i know its getting gas. if i ease into the throttle its revs fine and once the engine is reved it runs fine
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