On Mon, 26 Feb 1996, Tim Moses wrote:
> After months of tinkering with and rebuilding the carbureator, I got
> my '79 MGB (single Zentih carb) RUNNING !!!! Took it out for a spin !!!
> The fire is still alive!!!
> Can anyone tell me what I need to do??? Where do I go from here??
> Why is it so hard to start?? Is it the timing?? the ignition?? WHy does it
> smoke so?? Is it running too rich?? I have adjusted the carb float and the
> air idle mix according to the book. (That is how I finally got it to run!)
Sounds way rich, though that does not explain the hard starting. If you
adjusted the mixture correctly, the next thing to be certain of is that
the choke is operating properly, particularly that it is shutting off
completely when the engine is warm.
Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8910
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