My 77 CJ7 has run for years without any attention, not that I put any great miles on it. This summer it decided it was going to be difficult, so now I have to remember how a carb works, with very small success.
I took it all apart and cleaned it, and blew out the jets. Put it all back together and tried it, no dice. When I come off of throttle, it dies unless I very carefully feather it down to idle. I’m clueless about what’s wrong, and have run out of dead chickens to wave over the necromantic device.
I think it would be less trouble to pull the engine and put in a spare 4.0L I have on the shelf.
Even without miles, age can make the seals get brittle. Also, have you checked the idle setting? If it’s misadjusted you can have all sorts of odd behavior.
Been fiddling with the idle mix adjustment screws a lot. Doesn’t seem to make much difference.
Yah, I get that age will do it as well, but really 10 years isn’t much for a rebuilt carb unless it was truly subpar materials. But possible I guess.
That’s usually a sure sign you still have an obstructed pilot or air jet.
Edit: So you apparently don’t have a pilot jet, it’s called an “idle pickup tube” in the diagram below. Make good and sure it and the 2 air bleed passages are clean (there is one pickup tube and 2 air passages per “barrel”).
That’s a very helpful diagram. I was blocking off holes while it hit it with air and trying to figure out what the flow was. I’m going to go over it again with this on hand.
Keep in mind that only shows the idle circuit. But that’s probably where your problem is. Also double check float height if you haven’t.
Float height, you mean? Yah, I did that.