1971 Charger S/E w rebuilt 383 and 727 Tranny

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Old 09-16-2011, 08:05 PM
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1971 Charger S/E w rebuilt 383 and 727 Tranny

This car has a Edelbrock 1406 and engine was running fine until I decided to take off the Dash to have it redone.

It then sat unused and was not started for a couple of years while I was deciding whether to take everything apart and start from ground up.

Just today I put new gas and turned it over.
It started but died within a few seconds.

The carb is getting gas and after pumping the gas pedal a few times while turning I flooded it. But still will not start and keep running.

The carb is prob 6 years old.
Should I try to take it apart and clean and/or rebuilt it or just spring for a new one?
Old 09-17-2011, 07:27 AM
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im no expert but i would say cleaning it would be your best start and go from there especially seeing as it seems at least that your not in a huge hurry, but are you sure its ur carb? is it getting spark? check your sparkplugs?
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Let it sit overnight after spraying carb cleaner and turning it over.

This morning, starts like a champ.
Just hearing the sound of the twin exhausts was reward enough.
Amazing after sitting for a while it even holds idle.

I need to get back into finishing it now damn it!
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