I finally got a chance to do some more work on my '81 RT the other day. After peeing gas all over the driveway I pulled the carbs and found the left hand carb float needle was glued to it's bore! Also, both floats were very dark and likely wouldn't float anymore. I weighed a new float and found it to be 12 gm and the old floats were at 14 gm. Glad I had bought some spare floats years ago!
After doing a quick and dirty "freshening (clean passages, new O-rings, floats, and gaskets) it no longer had an incontinence problem. Being over 100 degrees outside it fired right up with no choke!
Next is an oil change and flushing out the brakes and it should be ready to go for a spin around the block. I also snagged a decent Clearview windshield, with vent, and installed that. The old one was riddled with a network of tiny crack looking defects and very hard to see through
