[blackdragon]

i have a 1980 mercury capri with a l6 3.3L 200cid i recenlty found a L6 unknown liters 300cid engine that was running out of a ford f250 i took the carb cuase my old carb was just dumping fuel into the engine so i put the new carb on(the 300cid carb) and now it takes like 15-20 pumps of the gas pedal to get the car started anyone know the problem?

[fastbck65]

It could be too small a carb for the replacement engine, or the diaphragm spray pump on the carb is going bad. Check the carb and rebuild if necessary.

[blackdragon]

welp its a brand new carb and the engine is not a replacement its the original engine and once the car starts it ok except i took off the head today and noticed the o say 9 vavle from the front of engine was stuck wide open so now i have to rebuild the engine again

[fastbck65]

I'm sorry to hear that. Just put some liquid wrench on the valve guide and then hit the spring "lightly" with a small hammer until the spring releases. Then rebuild it when you have more time.

[blackdragon]

welp im done rebuilding thengine runs fine but its still a bitc* to start and i just took the carb back to autozone got the same one but still the same problem.

[5.0 in a 66]

Hard starting could be choke not working, timing way off, or some other things. Those are the first 2 things I'd check tho.

[matches3red]

hmm.. wow man....
im not sure