Soler89

As a few of you know, I recently acquired some Monte parts. One of them was a qjet. My question is, would the qjet fit on top of the intake? The qjet did come with a spacer that's shaped like the bottom of the carb. (idk what the proper term is for it.)

Is this a good brand? It's on my 73 350 that's in my 72. Anything I need to know?

Today, Fri Dec 15, I had a good day. I responded to an ad on Craigslist about Monte parts. I drove an hour away to pick up front and rear bumpers, a 72 grille with lenses, a 72 intake with the q jet that works, headlight bezels, window felt trim, a brand new headliner,brand new taillight gaskets, a set of fender skirts (blue), and exterior and interior door handle, and a few books/repair manuals.

Also, the carb is set to stock for the most part, and fuel level is good.

1. After capping everything and fixing the choke, the car was able to start and stay on. 2. I was in the car because normally the car doesn't stay on for more than 1 second. Now that it stays on, I can manually accelerate it. 3. The car dies 95 percent of the time when engaging the transmission. If I put it in reverse, it dies after a few seconds. If I put it in drive, the car wants to jump and go, but it just dies. While in drive, I have to hold the brakes and accelerate to keep it from cutting off.

Good news guys. I took the choke off and noticed that the coil was not engaged with the lever. After fixing that, I started the car for the first time in a few days and it stayed on. Sounded a wee bit rough. I turned it off, and tried again. This time it sounded good. Turned it off, hooked up the vacuum gauge and it read GOOD ENGINE AT 2000 rpm. However, after I accelerated, the car sounded normal (not smooth) and the gauge read between 10 and 15. What does that mean? Check out the videos https://www.instagram.com/p/BZ6pxuen6VZ/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BZ6p7jUnxwQ/

Headed to the store today to get a vaccum gave.

Also, these are vaccum ports right? The double ported photo, on the left I just plugged the trans line into it. The one next to that, as you can see in the previous photos, had a very cracked rubber cap. The third one, next to the choke, always stays open. Should these be attached to anything? I'm going to re read the manual gator sent me.

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Ok guys, took the carb off.the nuts holding the carb down were finger tight. That could have been a problem since they weren't torqued to spec. I will post pictures, let's me know what you guys think.

I will take of the carb tomorrow to check. I hope they are not matching (only because then we will know what my problem is). Also, would having an a/c car without the belt on affect anything?

Currently won't stay on unless I keep the rpms up myself. Fresh gas as well. Today it only stayed on by itself once, for about 5 minutes. That was after starting it a few times and revving it up.

Well, I searched for a vacuum leak but couldn't really find one. I sprayed areas with carb cleaner or starter fluid and nothing really changed. From what I see, I have a Holley Carb, an edelbrock performer rpm, chrome aftermarket valve cover, and accel distributor/cap, and a top post battery. I don't think anything else is aftermarket.

I have no idea. I'm tackling it one step at a time. I will check for leaks right now actually.

Sounds good. That'll be my project for the day once I get back from school. Maybe I'll teach my daughter how to wrench and clean. I just want to daily drive this beast without it shutting down on me. I'm so close yet so far.