32/36 DFEV Carb Installation - Help!!

[leigh0680]

Thank you Mrgreer! Its hard to see in the pic (I took those at 5 am) but no, the hose passes that metal cylinder on the passenger side and goes through a hole in the sidewall. I suppose I could remove some trim pieces and try to get a look where it goes from there but it's in the upper portion of the sidewall so I don't think removing the inner plastic fender lining will give me access.

Pics of yours would be great. Uploading pics to this site is a huge pain - after much experimentation I found that I could do it by posting my pics first to photobucket and then copying the public url into my msg.

Thanks Slartibartfaster - that is helpful! Thanks for posting. I labeled things too (on all the pieces of blue tape that are in my pics) but most got so smudged in the process I couldn't read what I'd written. Oops. Wish I'd taken pics like you.

[leigh0680]

Slartibartfaster, p.s.: i like your setup for the oil dipstick! Did your kit come with that or did you fashion yourself?

[tonym]

The '79 can be very confusing with all of the emission stuff but you'll get there. The "Tee" in the coolant line can be added in the line from your heater core to the top of the head and it makes bleeding the cooling system very easy because it becomes the highest point in the system from which to add coolant. Worth doing, easy and inexpensive.

[leigh0680]

Thank you everyone for all your help! I have the carb and manifold in, and it starts, idles and revs perfectly. So yay to all that. One last problem tho - I can't actually drive the thing. I have an auto trans and when I put it in either drive or reverse, the engine automatically lugs and quits. Giving gas or shifting at higher revs doesn't do any good. Any thoughts what this could be? I'm guessing maybe something with the vacuum line that connects the transmission to the manifold??