Alright, I'm at a loss - my engine's killing carbs *DELETED*

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I then found that the fuel filter was full of garbage, so I replaced it.

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Could fuel really be giving me intermittent problems like this?

The fuel filter I replaced was actually pretty new. I know some garbage is coming through the lines. Maybe it's time to clean the tank, because I haven't messed with any of that yet.

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Carb diagnosis without being there is next to impossible, but as a guess? I'd say you still have a fuel contamination issue somewhere.

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Sounds like the small passages are getting clogged in areas you can't clean easily during a carb rebuild. I have a junk brand new 600 Edelbrock a customer put on without a fuel filter because the previous carb "stopped working". When I pulled the tank tons of the most fossilized gas and crud I've ever seen came out. The bottom of the float bowls had a cement like substance that was impervious to a 48 hour carb cleaner soak. I suspect that same substance is inside the small passages I can't get to with a small wire and compressed air does not push it out.

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You're giving up that easy? Heck it's not that expensive, all in you'll probably only spend $300.00 or so, and that's a reach.

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You're giving up that easy? Heck it's not that expensive, all in you'll probably only spend $300.00 or so, and that's a reach.

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You're giving up that easy? Heck it's not that expensive, all in you'll probably only spend $300.00 or so, and that's a reach.

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You'd never believe it if you saw what I was paid annually, but I am having serious issues with money right now, and probably will continue for the next, oh, 19 years or so.

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You're giving up that easy? Heck it's not that expensive, all in you'll probably only spend $300.00 or so, and that's a reach.

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You'd never believe it if you saw what I was paid annually, but I am having serious issues with money right now, and probably will continue for the next, oh, 19 years or so.

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Then curb your spending.

You bought willwood disk swap setup instead of a stock swap, you bought an entire new gauge cluster insead of fixing the original.... (BTW you should list those items in your for sale ad)

Keep it simple and walk before you run.

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I have about a grand total of $1,900 into my '71 Plymouth Duster, including the purchase price.

Cheap: I did an original BBP disc brake swap, got a used LA 360/904mvb, rusty Hooker Comp headers I got for cheap and painted, Mopar_Ron helped me shorten a drive shaft for it, moved the pads in-board on a b-body 8-3/4 with a 3.91SG. Built my own exhaust with free mufflers, stole some wheels and tires from the garage. I have been unemployed since May on a Students budget. I do have similar Redline Gauges, but Shannon REALLY helped me out with them, cost me barely anything.

You need not give up so easily. Its a hard road, but you wanted an old car, RIGHT? I dropped my rusty gas tank and scrubbed the crap out of it with simple green, blew out the factory fuel-lines, and gave it a go. I did step up for the Holley 750DP and a modern master-cylinder from Andy_F, but that was it.

I have now put about 40 miles on my car, and have been working out the bugs slowly. Everywhere I go people complement on the "Plum Crazy" primer, and how great it is to see an old mopar. I pulled just about every part off this pile and rebuilt it, including the suspension, re-inforced k-frame, etc. You need to find ways to budget, and it'll keep you on the cheap.

- Jon

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Alright, so I am going to cut my losses right now and sell it. I don't have the money for all of this anymore. I've already put too much into the car to begin with, and it's nowhere near where I want it.

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Good thinking. Get rid of that heap for whatever you can get or it will soak you to the bone. It seems from your posts for the last year that you just are not cut out for this kind of project and are in way over your head. Don't feel like it is a personal failure, just unload it for whatever you can get and move on with life.
-dulcich

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I will choose to take the high road with this post; I have no interest in picking it apart right now. Suffice it to say there's more to my life than my cars. Unfortunately, the other 95% of my life has taken a toll financially and mentally on my interest in my car.

I don't need to justify it to you, but I figured a small explanation might make it more clear.

edit: I also just want to add that not everyone has an I.V. of cash for their car.

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Well then just let it go. You are not justifying it to me or anyone else on this board, you are really justifying it all to yourself anyway, but doing so in a public way. There's really no reason for that, because at the end of the day your only resposibility is to yourself, not your Mopar fantasy, or internet buddies.

If you can't get any personal satisfaction from this hobby, you're right, you are wasting your time and money. The real pain point here is just personal too, and that is your time, effort, money, and maybe ego wrapped in it all up till now.
-dulcich