<VV> Carb repair update

[Stephen Upham]

Got the carbs reinstalled and the car started right up.  I drove it  
to the meeting and it was fine.  After the meeting, the new fuel pump  
started to make its "woodpecker on metal" pumping sound that it makes  
when it is having trouble getting fuel to pump.  I have spacers on  
the rear springs and they seemed too high.  I reset them to lower the  
rear a little.  The problem with the noisy fuel pump went away.  I  
set the timing to twenty degrees advanced and rebalanced the carbs  
using the Unisyn.  It ran great on the highway for about twenty  
minutes last night.  Today I drove it to the doctors office and the  
bank.  By the time I had driven about ten minutes on the highway, it  
started to act like it needed slightly more throttle than the  
previous few minutes.  I made it to the doctors office.  After the  
doctors office visit, I backed both mixture screws out one full turn,  
and the idle speed screws one full turn each.   It seemed to smooth  
the rough idle.  While driving to the bank, it started to act lopey  
again in idle, but ran, though not completely smoothly.  When I got  
it home, I took the left air cleaner off, and it was dripping out of  
the venturi again!  I've got a pressure regulator on order that is  
the same type offered by our right coast vendor.  If that doesn't  
cure this dripping carb problem, I don't know where to go next.  BTW,  
the specs on the NEW fuel pump are as follows:
A  NAPA Posi-flo
12 volts, 1.5-4 PSI, 25 gallons/hr. , compatible with all fuel  
additives, eliminates vapor lock,  no flooding insures restart on the  
hottest days, two wire design
Made by Belkemp, Incorporated

Stephen Upham