On Fri, 11 Oct 1996, tallen wrote:
> As long as we're all talking about chokes, I have a question about mine on
> my '60 MGA. The question is: Shouldn't it do something? This car sat
Yes. It should move levers on the carbs that lower the jets to enrich
the mixture.
> for 10 years, then the owner got it running (a condition for me buying
> it), but I don't know what was done and what wasn't. I don't understand
> how SU's work and never will. Then NPO (he's helped me out a lot) took
> one apart and explained how everything works, and I understood at that
> moment in time, but aparently it was one of those fleeting moments. Also,
> I should mention that after the car warms up (just a minute or so), it
> runs like crap, idles at like 400 RPM if you can call that an idle. Is
> something stuck? The car fires right up, so I think it's like the choke
> is all the way on, also I think it's running really rich. I think I'm
Sounds rich. Is your air temp cool or cold when it starts right up
without the choke? If so it's rich. Are your sparkplugs/tailpipe really
sooty? You can't really adjust your carbs until you know everything else
like timing, ignition, etc. are correct first.
Kevin Sullivan -- 1960 MGA kevins@khoral.com
Khoral Research Inc. http://www.khoral.com
Albuquerque NM USA
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