Pat,
I had a similar experience with the Stromberg on my 79
Spitfire. During the course of the rebuild, I disassembled
the water choke and tried to clean and rebuild it. No one
offered a rebuild kit for the choke, so I substituted some
O rings and seals for the originals in the assembly. The
results were exactly as you describe, the carburetor
flooded the engine with fuel and I could not get the engine
to run.I finally got it running by making a gasket to close
off the choke assembly from the carb. Try this first. You
can get a new choke assembly from Moss Motors. This may be
a good investment since parts are not available for the old
one. I went the twin SU route instead.
Good Luck,
John Reynolds
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