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Need some carb parts!!! 140-160 1971

posted by  Kermit on  Thu Apr 18 08:27 CST 2002
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Trying to locate some floats and float neddles for my '71 145S, SU HIF6's, Aren't any in Colorado Springs, Volvo can order them for $71. Anyone have a good (fast, cheaper) supplier?

The car hasn't run in a couple of years. Several days before, I put light oil in the cylinders, then turned it over by hand. Sunday I cleaned the distributor, set the points, cleaned the carbs, got the pistons to drop freely, ran a hose to a clean gallon of gas, and fired that Mother up. It ran, nicely for a minute, before gasoline started spewing out both carbs. The front carb float was totally full of gasoline (that would make it a 'sink', not a 'float) and I suspect a bad neddle unit in the back carb. Funny, I have the (full) float out, and not one drop of gasoline has leaked out. I guess it takes extreme heat and/or cold to get it back open.

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