/classic car general/ - CCG

They have not.
That trick you were talking about earlier, how can I unstick the bowl from the outside of the carb dude? Do I open the throttle and just push down?

No you smack the float body with a hammer or something hard and it may be enough force to unstick the float from where it its.
If it doesn't work one or two times then don't do it again, carbs are soft metal.

Stop looking at boomersleds.

four doors will always be cheaper, Mercury cougars will be cheaper than mustangs, etc.

And I would imagine that the large cylindrical peice on the right side is the float bowl?

4 doors make it kind of hard to find a more "economical" muscle car (yes yes, i know. But 4 doors look ugly except for 60's versions, huge caddies, or impalas; which all go for a premium and they would suck majorly on gas)

>inb4 smiles over miles
my DD gets 13, maybe 14. Id like to at least get high teens on the highway, I6 mustangs interest me because you can actually get mid 20s from them.

looks like it, if that's where the fuel lines goes.
Don't go Stone Cold Steve Austin on it but give it a decent smack.

Classics don't drink gas like you think they do.

Big blocks will manage 17-18 mpg because they're barely working to keep the car moving.
8mpg would be something you'd find like a blown, tuned big block.
You're not going to have your cake and eat it too.

> I6 mustangs interest me because you can actually get mid 20s from them
The unfortunate reality is that, while they can achieve 20's or so, you're going to be stomping on the gas to get any power and that'll drag your mpgs down considerably.

Decided just to call a tow truck and drive something else till I get this figured out, dude.
I've had a lot of issues when it's come to carburetors, which is a shame because this motor has been running really well. But, is there a specific brand or carb you can recommend specifically for a 250 CI Falcon 6 motor? The dude who has been helping me out with my car has insisted on cheap crap but I'm tired of issues like this.

Remanufactured carbs are shit that usually never works.
It's good to buy a carb and rebuild it yourself from a kit.
Not sure what carbs Fords use though.

I think I have the original carb for this car. How difficult do you think it would be to rebuild myself?

Not too hard, there's probably instructions all over the internet for any kind of carb

Alright, rad. I might just rebuild that one then.
Thank you so much for your help my dude. I appreciate it, really.
Have a good one, alright dude?