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Old 09-29-2012, 03:44 PM
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My dual Holly 550s have worked well for 12 years then over flowed 2 weeks ago likely due to a stuck needle.

We rebuilt the carbs. Car starts fine sometimes and hard to start other times. When braking or going around turns rpms drop and engine will die.

Thoughts?
Evan,

Did you replace the floats when you rebuilt the carbs?

Bill S.
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