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Trav
Dodge Dakota
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12/02/2003
16:57:17
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Where is the needle & Seat in my 87 carb. It a 2bbl. Where can I buy a Needle & Seat for my carb
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Deep Purple
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12/02/2003
19:28:57
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The needle and seat are under the float in the gas bowl of the carb. They cut the gas off when the gas bowl get so full. They come in a carb rebuild kit. Hopes this helps. Good luck.
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vern
Dodge Dakota
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12/03/2003
09:33:28
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it,s where the gas line connects to the carb
remove the line[the brass fitting that screws in the carb is the seat the needle is behind it.
carb kit is the only way to get one now.
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Trav
Dodge Dakota
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12/03/2003
13:07:56
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Thanks yall are a big help!
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J and J Auto
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12/03/2003
21:39:19
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You can check with chrysler if they sell just the
needle and seat W/Gaskit If not you need the # off
the tag and buy a complete kit around $15 $20
You need to remove the top of the carb from the
base and you will find the needle. Yes it is
behind the gas line as you say but need to
disasemble remove top to change and be sure you
adjust the floot heigt right.
Its best to have it off the vehicle so you don't
end up droping anything down the intake
Larry
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Trav
Dodge Dakota
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12/03/2003
21:53:35
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Thanks larry your a big help! And all of you other guys are big helps to. I am very thankful for yall!!!!!!!!!!
Trav
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Trav
Dodge Dakota
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12/03/2003
22:03:03
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Hey Larry, If you don,t mind can you please answer a few questions for me. My grandfather drove my truck about 90 miles out of town and back and it sucked up three notches of gas( on the guage) is this poor fuel milege caused by a bad Needle & Seat or is it because of my thermostat beening a 160 degree. Or is it somthing else?
Trav
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Trav
Dodge Dakota
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12/03/2003
22:09:19
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Sorry I made a mistake, My thermostat is a 180 degree sorry about that.
Trav
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J and J Auto
GenII
12/03/2003
22:26:50
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Yes it will effect your gas mileage a lot
Larry
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trav
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12/04/2003
16:21:47
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The needle and seat or the thermostat
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daddio
Dodge Dakota
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12/04/2003
16:29:44
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i believe he means the needle & seat. if it's bad ya, gas mileage will suck the big one.
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J and J Auto
GenII
12/04/2003
23:23:32
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The needle and seat will adversly effect your gas
mileage.
Its basicly like running the gas line stright
into the top of the carb. The fuel level will be
to high and if it gets bad enough it will poor
out the bowl vent and not run at all.
Running like you are I would also replace the
plugs after you get it fixed, running rich like
that will foul a plug real fast.
Also you may want to change the oil I am sure
you have some excess going by the rings into the
oil
Larry
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Trav
Dodge Dakota
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12/05/2003
12:20:10
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OK thank a lot guys I'll get a new needle & seat right away!
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hey larry
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12/06/2003
18:12:02
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if the float, not floot as you spelled it, is set too high it will cause the carb to run real rich also!
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hey larry
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12/06/2003
18:18:26
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also a lot of the last carbs ever made had foam floats instead if sealed brass cans that were used, in a short period of time, usually just 3 years ot so the foam floats had a really bad tendency to absorb gasoline, making them relatively heavy and therefore they set too low in the bowl, and allowed way too much gas to flow through the carborator. I have egg on my face for the last post as I really ment to say that if the float is set too low that the engine will run too rich. Sometimes it is not the needle and seat that is bad but the float is just plain loaded with gas or also overtime the constant bumping up and down of the float causes it to be out of adjustment. I am not saying larry is wrong, just adding additional info.
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J and J Auto
GenII
12/06/2003
19:01:47
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Its posible but I have not seen one do it on the
dodges, just take the float and drop it in some
gas and be sure it still it floats.
I have soldered a few holes shut on the old coper
can floats myself
To high to low depending on how you look at it.
Is the glass half full or half empty, most floats
are set parralal to the top surface on just about
any carb. I did say in my post to be sure and set
the height right most kits come with a guage to
set them.
Lets switch that to float bowl level high rich
low lean
Larry
J&J Auto
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Noel Kaludjak
Dodge Dakota
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I have a 99 dodge dakota 4x4 v6 3.9 L
The idle is running rich, at high rpm it's ok runs very smooth, when idling it sounds rich and rough idle. ???
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yea
Dodge Dakota
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7/13/2010
11:44:37
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Why respond to a 7 year old post about carbs?
Your truck doesn't have one.
Start by checking for fault codes, Most likely O2
sensors.
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