Hello All,


I have a 1964 Olds 98. The Slim Jim Transmission was recently re-built and the carb was rebuilt by me. The issue I am facing is that when I accelerate from a stop, some times the car shuts down. The other issue I am having is that the transmission seems to not be shifting at the proper time and sometimes when I am driving into my garage uphill on the driveway, I have to press the gas very slow, if I press it hard it will shut off. When I drive the car in the highway or past 1st gear it seems to drive fine.


I am looking for someone with experience on two areas.


1. Get the carb tuned properly
2. Get the TV rod setting to the transmission setup correctly


Regards

 

Can't help on local service but it sounds like your accelerator pump may not be working, might be a simple fix you could do yourself. check to see if you are getting a fuel squirt in the carb when the throttle is opened.

 

Make sure you put the right throttle body gaskets in the 4GC. Some have extra vacuum bleeds cut in them that will create hard to diagnose problems, and uphill bogs are one of them.


Also check distributor vacuum advance.

 

Did you come up with a fix for your carb and trans , I had same problem with my 62 , I have spare carb I put new gaskets in because wrong gaskets were in throttle body and caused vacuum leak , but winter set in so did not have time to put it back on car , the one I have on car now seems to cut out between shifting from 1st to 2nd think that might be accelerator pump , have to see what I come up with once I get car out of storage in the spring , toke me month to find out it had wrong gasket in it , there are no markings on the Rochester carbs to tell what model it is , could not find anybody around were I live to work on a Rochester , having same problem with trans nobody around here wants to touch the old slim jims ,

 

[QUOTE=fv64olds98;889554]Hello All,


I have a 1964 Olds 98. The Slim Jim Transmission was recently re-built and the carb was rebuilt by me. The issue I am facing is that when I accelerate from a stop, some times the car shuts down. The other issue I am having is that the transmission seems to not be shifting at the proper time and sometimes when I am driving into my garage uphill on the driveway, I have to press the gas very slow, if I press it hard it will shut off. When I drive the car in the highway or past 1st gear it seems to drive fine.


I am looking for someone with experience on two areas.


1. Get the carb tuned properly
2. Get the TV rod setting to the transmission setup correctly


Regards[
Youve got one of the worlds best Olds carb and transmission man right in your backyard in Cleburn, TX -- maybe 40 miles from Ft Worth?
PM me for info.

 

[QUOTE
Youve got one of the worlds best Olds carb and transmission man right in your backyard in Cleburn, TX -- maybe 40 miles from Ft Worth?
PM me for info.[/QUOTE]


The rest of us in Texas (and elsewhere) with 4GC's and Slim Jims could use this information, can you share with the group?

 

The rest of us in Texas (and elsewhere) with 4GC's and Slim Jims could use this information, can you share with the group?[/QUOTE]

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