Re: ’62 5.5 Fisherman won’t idle

[fisherman6]

I certainly understand spending way too may hours of fiddling on a motor you didn’t expect to be a difficult one to get going. I have that happen more often than I care to say. I will offer this also. If you keep having idling issues and you have checked all the other ideas here you may want to get back to the carb. I have had a few lately that I have had to soak in Chem Dip. I have become a believer in that stuff as a carb cleaner. I dip them all now as a matter of course. After it comes out of the dip it gets sprayed out with aerosol cleaner and blown out with compressed air. I always replace the packing a well. Make sure the packing is snug and the needles don’t turn too easily. If they do they may be leaking enough to mess with your mixture.
-Ben

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