I forgot to put a comma after again. It wasn't an order to stop and start :)
----- Original Message -----
From: "datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
To: "Mike" <datsun_sports@hotmail.com>
Cc: "Datsun Roadster List" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 7:20 PM
Subject: Re: carb adjustment
> Stop and start all over again now:
>
> 1. Disconnect the linkage to each of the carbs and loosen the nuts on
each
> linkage.
>
> 2. Adjust each carb w/ the unisyn and get them evenly balanced to each
> other at the rpm you want to idle at.
>
> 3. Use your colortune to adjust the mixtures now as the idle speed can
> change if either carb is rich or lean. If it changes perform step 2 again.
>
> 4. reattach the linkages to each carb. If the idle speed increases then
> loosen the linkage on the offending carb or if need be both of them.
Leave
> the nuts loose.
>
> 5. Now use the screw which adjusts the linkage bar which the throttle
> cable attaches to, and start tightening it and bring up the rpms to about
> 1500 - 2000.
>
> 6. Adjust your unisyn and take a reading and if the carbs are unequal
then
> adjust to make them = by adjusting the linkages either looser or tighter.
> Leave the nuts finger tight.
>
> 7. Loosen the screw and bring the rpms down to idle speed. If the idle
> speed has changed then loosen the nuts and loosen both linkages and repeat
> steps 5 & 6 until you get it right.
>
> 8. When everything is as it should be tighten the nuts carefully.
>
> 9. You're done
>
> This sounds long and tedious but after a few years you'll get the hang of
it
> and do it quickly. Fortunately once they're set up correctly rarely will
you
> have to do it again for a long time.
>
> Mike
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike" <datsun_sports@hotmail.com>
> To: "Datsun Forum" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 6:29 PM
> Subject: carb adjustment
>
>
> > hi,
> >
> > well I have given up for today. I cant seem to get it set right. getting
> the
> > carbs to suck the same is no problem but I cant seem to get the idle
below
> > 1400 without the car shaking apart. I checked the timing and it looks
> good.
> > I took it out for a spin anyway and it will not move out at all. I could
> not
> > get it over 3000 rpms either. good news is the brakes feel allot better
> not
> > that I needed them to stop! hehehehe
> >
> > mike in las vegas
> >
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