flooding on one side of motor ????

[skintraditions]

Ok guys help to put this beast on the road again .please
I have a 70 Scout 800a motor swap to a 345 after sitting for 3 months it has come to this ..cranks fine but floods and misfire on the pasanger side ,,,I have replace the points at 18 gap and plugs at 30 gap and dis. Cap rotor button .
I put some seafoam in it through the vac lines and took the plugs out had 2 that shined like gold and 2 that are verry sutty then I cleand them and it ran purfect all day after letting it sit over night I went to fire it up and it did it again , flooding on one side and poping out that same side exaust.

Help any one ?????

 

[skintraditions]

I might add the motor has less than 5000 miles on it

 

[Michael Mayben]

Pretty simple...rebuild the carburetor!

 

[skintraditions]

Ok thanks , come to find out it was the timing causing it to flood ...god I hate points

 

[RobertC]

Come to find out it was the timing causing it to flood

This statement does not make any sense.

...god I hate points

Nothing wrong with a points distributor (especially with an IH engine that does not "see" over 4000 rpm) -- except in people's minds -- and if it is worn out.

 

[Travis_Lassiter]

My Scout is doing the same thing. I will start it up and then it dies due to flooding. Like the carb is puting out too much fuel or something. I messed with the air/fuel mixture thing and it hellped a little, but it aint fixed. So should I rebuild my carb?? Or what it up with the timing that you are talking about?

 

[Michael Mayben]

My generic answer to all questions such as the "flooding" issue is...rebuild the carb!!!

A carburetor is a maintenance item, with the fuel we've been forced to use over the last several years, the situation where a carburetor sits unused for extended periods kills 'em.

My rule of thumb today...for a vehicle in daily service that is carbureted, the carb should be rebuilt every 2>3 years as long as it hasn't received a dose of "wet" fuel or been mechanically abused in any fashion.

And...if the float(s) in the carb are any form of nitrophyl foam (so-called "plastic"), then they should be replaced with either new nitrophyl floats (in some cases those are all that is available) or preferably brass. And the choke pulloff (vacuum canister) should also be replaced if one is present. In order for the secondaries to operate on any thermoquad or quadrajet, the choke pulloffs must be functional and adjusted.

And, neither poster in this thread has given me any clue as to what carburetor is having issues! Pretty hard to recommend any fix when I don't know whatcha got!

Pouring liquid ratshit, snakeoil, or "seafoam" through the carb don't do shit except make smoke!!! The problem with a crapped carb is inside the "wet" side, not right down the gullet, that is where the air goes. Think about it!!!!