Trying to start 1953 Super for the first time.

[smithbrother]

"When there's a WILL, there is a WAY". HUH?

Amazing what man can do when DETERMINED.

Dale in Indy

[buick man]

From a previous reply some time ago:

".....The Carburetor: You need fuel in the carb bowl as well as the filter you mentioned. But if you just want it to pop over and run for a few seconds just to see if it can then take that squirt bottle mentioned below with an attached small tube hose and feed it into the carb with the choke baffle plate held wide open. Another way, You can also fill the bowl via the cap hole inspection port on the side of most carbs or Another way, down the bowl plunger. However a truly diagnostic and A fore sure way is to just eat it and open up the top of the carb and set it aside and fill the bowl with fuel. Then take the carb accelerator linkage while holding the choke vanes open and then just start moving the accelerator linkage back and forth to confirm that the accelerator pump/plunger is indeed squirting fuel into the venturi bores against the throttle plates. This will confirm the carb is atomizing the fuel from the bowl. Then put the top back onto the carb." .... Oh Well.

But Good going Willy! Your the Man.

Edited February 27, 2012 by buick man (see edit history)

[WillBilly53]

ha-ha! well one day the jets were squirting, then they weren't (Lamar can confirm this). then I made some more adjustments and it was flooding. it apparently needed a real rebuild anyways, so....still learning!

as promised here's the video:

My 1953 Buick Super First Start (and running)! - YouTube

[Ben Bruce aka First Born]

Good feeling after all the problems is it not. Congratulations.

Ben