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There’s no trick about setting up a carb. Regardless of what year it is, setting float height, idle mixture, and so on never changes. However, what you might be referring to is manufacturers changing the carb itself which may require different tuning methods or settings. Ever carb is not the same. But every one of the “old school” methods still works perfectly fine for most Holley type carbs with some minor adjustments for design changes ie sight glass on the fuel bowls. But the fundamentals still work for EVERY carb. We change physics even if we wanted to. A carb is still a carb. Thanks for watching.

Hey Chuck, I think you had your priorities straight. I respect a man who puts his family first. Unfortunately for guys like us that usually means our hot rods sit and decay. Now that you have some time try and get out there and give that chevelle the time is deserves. Thank you for checking the channel out, kind words and comments like this are a big motivator for me to keep pushing out content. Thank you for watching.

@@americannostalgiagarage 😀 thanks!

There he is. Hey buddy, you’re right, gotta try and save some money doing it myself. Plus we wouldn’t be much of a RUclips channel if it wasn’t done by YOU(me) am I right? Arizona, sounds like a great place or at least better than New York. But it doesn’t take much to be than here. Lol. Thanks for watching.

Must be a super high stall because it takes a year and a day for the wheels to move lol

Yeah this at least makes the car driveable without the worry that it’s going to explode the diff. May need to do the gears again though.

Yeah you’re right. I’d have a hole in all 8 pistons instead of just 6

That’s great. Glad to hear you got it dialed in. Glad the video was helpful. Thanks for watching.

Thank you. Hopefully it helps someone out.

Thank you Allen. I’m glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching!!!

Didn’t have fuel in it that long. No reason it should have that much sediment in it. But I’m not blaming the carb, the fuel is the problem. Thanks for watching.

@@fen4554 no it was the opposite it wasn’t getting much fuel at all. Not even enough to run. I got it cleaned out and running right and one of the boosters was still clogged but I was able to blow it out.

This car runs on regular gasoline. But there’s enough ethanol in regular gas to make this mess. It’s a pain in the butt.

HahHhah. They’re always full of great ideas. Lol

Yeah that’s definitely a good move. It’s just so expensive. As if regular fuel isn’t expensive enough. Lol.

Yeah I bought it last fall and had it on the car. Didn’t have fuel in it for the whole time but that’s a very short time for the amount of sediment. I got it all cleaned out and running good now so no worries. Thanks for watching.

I love corn but cmon. Lol. Left me an entire ear of corn in the float bowl. Hahaha.

Going to take a page out of your book and start doing that. Last thing I need is to rebuild every carb I have ever year lol

Hey, I’ll help in anyway I can. My car only has lap belts, I do not have a shoulder belt so I don’t have an upper mount that I know of.

Got it on a crabby Patty of a deal

Thank you for the contribution. I’d like you to know invested it directly back into the channel. I bought a slice of pizza so I can have the energy to continue working on old junk.

@@americannostalgiagarage save me half.

Tighten until the ratchet snaps. Then warranty the ratchet. When you get the new one then continue tightening. Repeat this process 3 times

Thanks a lot shawn. I think I may have mentioned it in another one of the blazer videos. They’re shoenfield headers. They fit pretty good with minimal modifications but they ain’t cheap. Thanks a lot for watching.

My uncle has some future plans for this car. Some of the plans involve a 351 Windsor or Cleveland.

Hahahaha. Nothing better than a good meal. Thanks for watching!

Wow nice grab. $50 is a great deal. Little elbow grease and you’ll have those things ready to throw in the car. Good luck on the build. I know you’ll do a great job. Thanks for watching.

Thank you sir. And thank you for watching.

Those were the days. Wish I had a Time Machine hahaha.

It’s not installed incorrect. Ive done a billion of these. Making it longer would make the problem worse. The problem is that that inner cable is too small for the sheathing it’s in so in bunches up in the sheathing. Thanks for trying to help though.

1 setting- WOT

@@chevyman2882 you’re absolutely right. I learned a lesson here. I’ve had a lot of success with a lot of other Amazon purchases. But this one is no good.

@@garretthensley9655 lol

@@williamta9408 I can’t get full WOT because of all the movement. If it was just the movement I might not care as much but I want wide open throttle

@@mikejungferman4744 this one is a sort of universal LS cable. There’s no Oem cable for this setup because the LS engine never came in this truck. It’s an 87 k5 blazer

You’re right it’s upside and inside out and backwards. Lol. It’s a bad knock off and the cable is too small for the outer sheathing that’s what’s wrong with it. It’s getting replaced asap.

Git em Matt 👍

@@mikejungferman4744 lol

@@americannostalgiagaragewhatever you call the bracket holding the end of the cable looks a bit flimsy too. But I feel like all that needs is a steel rod welded to it to control the flex.

@@noobpro9759 maybe but it’s not moving enough to cause all the flex. It’s only job is to hold the end of the sheathing and direct the cable towards the throttle body.

Not well. It’s coming out and being replaced with a lokar unit. Lol. It doesn’t even get to full wot

Damn that's a bummer!

@@jimbothompkins I’m king of doing things twice. I often try and work on a budget with cheaper alternatives and it bites me more often than I care to mention lol.

@@americannostalgiagarage hey I'm the same way. If it works, it works!

@@jimbothompkins you ain’t kiddin’

Hahahaha. You’re the second person who asked if it was speaker wire lol.

The pedal and the throttle body are both free. What else do you suggest checking? It’s a pretty simple system.

That’s good. I probably just bought a bad knock off.

Speaker wire would probably do a better job. Lol

@@americannostalgiagarage haha

It's a cable with braded steel as a sheath. Shoddily made one.

@@MrPenobe you’re definitely right

Yeah no good. Hahaha.

Ya, thats not the problem

It’s not getting jammed up, the cable is too small for the outer sheathing so it’s bunching up inside.

I laughed reading this. I’ve gotten a lot of comments stating I put it in backwards or I should lube. At least you understand lol. I’ve been telling people, the problem is the cable is too small for the outer sheathing or the sheathing is too big so the cable tries to bunch up. The post is a joke about cheap parts. Lol

Thank you! For the record, I was lubricating my driveway. Hahaha. Some would ask why I don’t use the lift in the garage that’s 10ft away. To that my answer is, it’s the same reason we use a ratchet as a hammer. You do what’s easiest in the immediate present. In this case it meant tearing into the truck right where it sat and not taking the time to push it into the garage. So creeper in the dirt it is for me. Lol. Thank you for watching, as always.

Thank you. It will be useable once I rebuild the melted transmission. I was super happy to be driving it for the first time

I thought the same thing but the control arms were in the correct place. If I put them on the wrong sides the caster would be positive and it would drive crazy lol. Once the control arms were at ride height there was clearance between then and the shock body. Tighter than I’d like to see but none of that stuff should move. Thanks for watching!

Very happy to hear it helped! If you have a vacuum gauge it’s worth testing the port to ensure it’s full manifold vacuum and not ported. For reference full manifold will he high at idle or cruising with the throttle blades closed and go to zero or around zero at wot. Ported will be low at idle and increase as you open the throttle blades because the source is above the throttle blades and works with a Venturi effect as they open. I’m sure you already know that. Just trying to be helpful. Thanks for watching.

Normally that would be a great idea. However in this situation I wouldn’t do that because you don’t want the seat to come loose in case of an accident. And the nut serts don’t grab much metal to hold onto. That being said I use nut serts regularly for other stuff. I love them. Thanks for watching

Hey brother, no prouder moment than when he couldn’t get it on there and then he kicked the truck and walked away pissed off. Just like his old man. Thanks for watching, as always.