[jims69camaro]

cranks and will start but dies quickly. i overhauled the carb at the end of last season, which was spewing fuel from the venturi. more than one person, including a local mechanic that i contacted, seemed to think that it was a fuel pressure issue - as in the fuel pump was quitting, and since it's a mechanical pump, when they go they almost always raise the pressure instead of lowering it.

i double checked the rebuild, looking for a gasket that might have been placed incorrectly, per your advice, jeff. but all were in order and in correct positioning.