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1969 Charger owner...I need some help!!!! Thanks #1013656 06/15/11 07:55 AM 06/15/11 07:55 AM
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 214 Mountaineer Hillbilly B blackbeauty OP enthusiast
blackbeauty OP enthusiast B Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 214 Mountaineer Hillbilly	Guys, I just got the car recently. It sat for over 2 years, I changed the plugs and wires, replaced the intake gaskets, carb gasket, etc... The car starts fine but only will idle if I have the manual choke closed over half way. Car has the original 383 magnum 30 over, Edelbrock carb and cast iron intake. I have a DVD he gave me of the carb, but I have never messed with one. Any suggestions? Thanks for the help...in advance!!!! 6683657-mylee.jpg (71 downloads)

Re: 1969 Charger owner...I need some help!!!! Thanks [Re: blackbeauty] #1013657 06/15/11 08:30 AM 06/15/11 08:30 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 24,562 Brookeville, Md Mr.Yuck Not enough dumb comments...yet
Mr.Yuck Not enough dumb comments...yet Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 24,562 Brookeville, Md	I'll guess yo have a vacuum leak somewhere. Check for broken, craked vacuum lines. The 69 has a TON of them. Check the can under the battery tray. If that looks good. Start it up and spray carb cleaner around the base of the carb and intake. [IMG]http://i66.tinypic.com/pui5j.jpg[/IMG] Coming soon!!!!

Re: 1969 Charger owner...I need some help!!!! Thanks [Re: Mr.Yuck] #1013658 06/15/11 08:50 AM 06/15/11 08:50 AM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 8,828 Houston, Tx hemi68charger master
hemi68charger master Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 8,828 Houston, Tx	Quote: I'll guess yo have a vacuum leak somewhere. Check for broken, craked vacuum lines. The 69 has a TON of them. Check the can under the battery tray. If that looks good. Start it up and spray carb cleaner around the base of the carb and intake. That would be my first check as well... I would isolate all the vacuum ports. If you vacuum-t on the back of your intake has a bunch of lines going to it, disconnect them and put caps on them to seal them. After that, try running your motor again. If it still won't run, then you can focus more on the intake or carb-base gasket and do the ole' carb cleaner trick around the base of carb and/or intake surfaces by the heads. If you hear an increase in idle, then you've probably narrowed down the area of leakage. It's a troubleshooting start.. Troy Houston Mopar Connection Club '69 Charger Daytona 440 - auto - 4.10 Dana (now with 426 hemi) '69 Charger 500 440 - 4speed - 3.54 Dana '70 Road Runner 383 - 4speed - a/c (now with 440)

Re: 1969 Charger owner...I need some help!!!! Thanks [Re: hemi68charger] #1013659 06/15/11 09:06 AM 06/15/11 09:06 AM
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 214 Mountaineer Hillbilly B blackbeauty OP enthusiast
blackbeauty OP enthusiast B Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 214 Mountaineer Hillbilly	Would this make the car idle high then low then high then low? I thought maybe the fuel air mixture was messed up? Thanks for the responses so far!!!!

Re: 1969 Charger owner...I need some help!!!! Thanks [Re: blackbeauty] #1013660 06/15/11 09:14 PM 06/15/11 09:14 PM
Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 18,493 Granite Bay CA Kern Dog Striving for excellence
Kern Dog Striving for excellence Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 18,493 Granite Bay CA	Yes, an erratic idle is one of the many symptoms of a vacuum leak. It might be wise to replace every hose under the hood anyway. NO there are NOT a ton of them. This isn't a 76 model after all.

Re: 1969 Charger owner...I need some help!!!! Thanks [Re: Kern Dog] #1013661 06/17/11 11:18 AM 06/17/11 11:18 AM
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 214 Mountaineer Hillbilly B blackbeauty OP enthusiast
blackbeauty OP enthusiast B Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 214 Mountaineer Hillbilly	Found it...Carb gasket had a bad spot in it. replaced, and everything is fine. Thanks for the help....

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