Thank you, Jon, for your repley to my message concerning the carburetor on my 1909 Buick. You suggested that I check for a vacuum leak, and about all I can find is that the throttle shaft bushings are worn and a little loose. Do you know if there is any type of rebuild kit available or just bushings for this carb that I can purchase to tighten up this problem. If not, do you know of any technical data available for machining new bushings? There is a vacuum hole in the flange of the Carter carb and the gasket also has a hole, but the intake manifold does not have any allowance for vacuum to the carb. Is this critical, and could I possibly just cut a small notch in the gasket to allow the manifold vacuum to get to the carb? Once again, thanks for any information you can give me. Your help is very much appreciated. Ken Ganz