One more "For Pete's Sake" and I'm done for 1998, I promise.................
WHY, oh why do so many of you keep referring to starting procedures that
either call for "giving the pedal a few pumps" or (in another post)
"DO NOT PUMP THE PEDAL"? It takes but a moment to look at the SU carburetor
design, or the Zenith Stromberg design, and see that THERE IS NO ACCELERATOR
PUMP on either of these carbs!
Any "pumping of the pedal" is doing nothing but exercise your ankle and
shorten the life of the cable and associated pivot mechanisms!
And, Yes, I know, Webers do have accelerator pumps, but I get the feeling
that the misunderstanding lies mostly with people whose cars still have
their original carburetors.
Lawrie
British Sportscar Center
-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Ray <danray@bluegrass.net>
To: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, December 30, 1998 2:39 PM
Subject: Fw: Re; Cold weather starting
>Thanks to everyone for all of the input on starting in below freezing
>weather. It's obvious to me that I was doing it all wrong. Usually I pull
>the choke out, crank it while giving the pedal a few pumps and Vroom. I'll
>try it again tomorrow -- correctly this time, and see what happens.
>It could be that my choke is less than optimum, and my valves probably need
>adjusting. The plugs, points and condensor are all new though.
>Dan
>73 B
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