idle

[Guest lmadsen]

I have a 1947 Chrysler Windsor that suddenly will not idle.  Runs great at speeds above idle.  Come to a stop sign and dies. Starts up with no problem as long as enoug trottle is applied.  I have taken the carb apart and cleaned and blew out all orfficies. I am assuming that I have a idle jet problem but do not know how to indentify it.  Any help will be appreciated.

 

Thanks

Larry

[vermontboy]

What speed does it die out at ? If low enough you can just turn the idle screw up a bit until you figure out the problem.

[carbking]

Carburetors give problems over years, even decades.

Ignitions go bad with the blink of an eye, especially if they happen to be electronic.

And you did blow out all of the carburetor passages.

Jon.

[sambarn]

Does it die at idle or run out of gas? Does it die immediately when you take your foot off the gas or is it after sitting at a light for few seconds? Is there a filter and if so is it clean.

[Marty Roth]

Not when you come to a stop, but when you first start the car, will it run at idle initially, and then only kill after a rolling stop?

 

If this is the case then your problem is probably not the "IDLE JET".

 

Check to see that when you reassembled the carb, that the "stop" for the "IDLE SCREW" is installed properly. I've seen these inverted and become useless.