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Re: '77 MGB

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Subject: Re: '77 MGB
From: mit-eddie!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier)
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 90 8:46:36 CDT
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> Hi everyone,
>
>      It must be moving towards spring. The scenario: a friend of a friend with
> a '77 MGB which barely runs, original engine 73K, body is straight with NO 
>rust,
> not much by way of paint, either.  He wanted $300; I nearly broke my arm going
> for my wallet.
>
>      I did get it started. It's not burning oil, but its running rich.
> Probably the carbuerator.  Anyone prepared to provide a quick tutorial on
> the Zenith-Stromberg (I can't remember the model number).  In particular,
> a while back someone told me that the electronic choke on these is a real
> dog, and that you can buy a kit to convert it to manual ( hey---
> just like my '64 Midget. Now THAT'S progress... A couple of cans of primer,
> and this thing will look like a REAL car.)  Anyone for or against such a
> conversion?
>
>      Thanks,
> Mike Wilson
>
Mike, I can't see any reason not to go to a manual choke. It has to be
more usable and reliable than any automatic.  The manual on my '66
Midget seems to be semi-automatic:  it slowly creeps back in while you
are driving a cold engine.  Sometimes it creeps in faster than the
engine warms, and I have to pull it back out.  Does anyone know if
this is normal?  It isn't a problem, really, I never need the choke
more than once a day as the car never sits anywhere undriven except in
my garage.  Car never cools down on an autocross day enoough to need a
choke to start.  BTW Mike, do you still have the '64 Midget?   Tell me
about it.  Any one on the list can tell you that I am a Spridget
junkie.  What part of the country are you in?  I am in the frozen
northland, Saint Paul, Minnesota.     phile@pwcs.stpaul.gov
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