The Stromberg carburetor has a rubber diaphram which can (and often does)
develop a rift. Without an intact diaphram the piston will not rise
sufficiently to allow acceleration.
Charles E. Edwards, CPA
Virginia Beach, VA
cedwards@pinn.net
On Sat, 2 Sep 1995 Xerxer@aol.com wrote:
> I caught the tail end of this thread and I'm having the same trouble. I
> ordered new plug wires and it didn't help.
> Last night I took the distributor apart. Centrifugal weights are free,
> the vacuum plate didn't move and I freed that up. The vacuum advance rod
> holds vacuum but moves the points plate only about 1/8 inch or less, is this
> enough? Engine has good vacuum. Put in new points, coil, condenser, rotor,
> cap, and wires. Idles fine, but won' go above 3,000 rpm. If you drive it,
> it just doesn't have any power. Found the plugs fouled, and replaced them.
> Compression in all cylinders about 185 psig...figure there's carbon there
> also. The fuel pump is putting out the manual specs.
> The car's a 1975 MGB and only had it 6 months. Was running good and went
> downhill over a 5 day period. The person who had it before removed all the
> pollution equipment. Anybody any ideas? Have done nothing to the
> carbureator.
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