if you know anything about q-jets...look

[gold84gmc]

thats a nice q-jet....mine doesnt look that good...that link helped...i found a couple things on there that might be causing the problem...thanxs for your help

[Blue 82]

What did you mean the air cleaner hits the float? 

That should have been air cleaner stud ( I deleated the post after I realized it would lead to flooding of the carb, like I experianced years ago when a friend installed the air cleaner stud in the slot in front of the air cleaner stud hole....yes a 1/4-20 stud will fit and push the float down).

The power piston usually isn't an issue unless you have really wild cam and aren't producing a ton of vacuum which you can also compensate for with a lighter spring.

JET and SMI use the screw to to adjust the part throttle mixture.