Leaky carb and backfiring

Posted by Eric on March 03, 1998 at 23:31:47

I've been working our family's 1929 Model A Roadster Pickup and I've run into two perplexing problems.
1) The carburator leaks like crazy... mostly from the
bottom around the mounting bolt, but also around the main seal. I've replace whatever gaskets and washers that were there when I took it apart... and its better... but still far
too much leaking to be normal.
2) its running great... but whenever I cut the ignition it backfires... but not right away... it takes a few seconds... and then BOOM... or is that BANG? Could this be the result of
advancing the timing lever too much? Or what else?
Thank you!
Eric

Follow Ups:
Re: Leaky carb and backfiring Jim Rogowsky March 06, 1998 at 01:23:56(0)
Re: Leaky carb and backfiring Patrick Patterson March 04, 1998 at 19:33:10(0)
Thanks for your help guys! I'll let you know! Eric March 04, 1998 at 09:35:01(0)
Re: Leaky carb and backfiring Joe March 04, 1998 at 07:57:17(0)
Re: Leaky carb and backfiring Ken Manninen March 04, 1998 at 06:17:44(0)

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