My carburetor started giving me trouble today. Again. It's a Holley
4150 (600 CFM 4 barrel) on an '85 CJ-7 with an AMC 360. It wants to close the choke every time I give it some gas. This makes it idle about 1800 rpm. I have to push the fast idle cam (little red plastic thing) down to get it to unchoke and idle normally. But then, when I give it a little gas again, it chokes again. It normally idles lower than that when cold, maybe 1200 - 1400 rpm, and a heck of a lot lower once warm, about 600 rpm. I took the choke parts off just to see if there was anything obviously broken - didn't see anything. The spring is OK. The connections seem OK (electric choke). It was set to the fifth mark from the right. I moved it to the fourth, but by then it was dinner time. I'll ride it around tomorrow and see it anything I did made any difference. If anyone has any ideas, I could use some help. I don't have much experience with carbs. Thanks. TrailMarker.- posted
20 years ago