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cruiserman · 04-18-2009, 10:21 PM

My 72 GMC has sat over the winter, and I've been trying to get it started over the past few days. I finally got it running today, but it has troubles.

The carb on it is a rebuilt Qjet. I had to pump the crap out of the pedal to get it running after lots of cranking. If I put my hand over the air intake the idle speeds up. If I blip the throttle, it gasps for air, and there's hardly any power.

Sounds like bad acc pump?

thanks, eric

04-18-2009, 10:21 PM	#1
cruiserman Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Idaho Posts: 210	Qjet accelerator pump My 72 GMC has sat over the winter, and I've been trying to get it started over the past few days. I finally got it running today, but it has troubles. The carb on it is a rebuilt Qjet. I had to pump the crap out of the pedal to get it running after lots of cranking. If I put my hand over the air intake the idle speeds up. If I blip the throttle, it gasps for air, and there's hardly any power. Sounds like bad acc pump? thanks, eric __________________ 72 C2500 LWB 402 Sierra Grande 05 Odyssey 08 Tundra