Heyo,
I am now in agreement. I talked to several folks here, to include a
mechanic type.
Apparently, the deceleration valve was only on 'merican iron. Cap it
with some sort of gasketing, and it will simply lose RPM faster on the
way down to an idle. It's merely an emmission control thing.
Oh Cheer! I am making a seal as we speak.
Thanks for the input!
John
'75 Spit on jacks but getting there.
Craig Smith wrote:
>
> I talked to an old mechanic (he gets paid to work on LBC's) he said the
> best thing to do is to remove the valve and cut a gasket to cover the
> whole unit and reinstall. this will plug up the whole thing.. He said he
> found that this little added accessory is a real problem and really adds
> nothing to the car.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nikolai jaremka [mailto:njaremka@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 1999 6:25 AM
> To: spit list
> Subject: Re: ZS CD150
>
> last time i checked, VB had a de-cel valve repair kit. and last time
> i checked, i bought it a couple years ago.
>
> ---John Weber <weberjm@teleport.com> wrote:
> >
> > Heyo,
> >
> > Got my carb kit today. Goodies galore...except for the ONE F&^^($@!
> > piece I need.
> >
> > According to Haynes, page 108, item 16 in the drawing (which is really
> > freaky, because for a switch the book is EXACTLY what I have) shows a
> > deceleration valve unit and gasket.
> >
> > OK...guess what part on my carb is clearly ripped, burned, and
> otherwise
> > deteriorated past reuse? Yup...the valvey thing inside the
> deceleration
> > valve unit.
> > Guess which part isn't part of the kit I have? Yup.
> >
> > Does anyone have any knowledge on this part that I need?
> > I will start the bidding with my first born male child (he eats like a
> > horse and I need the cash to work on the car...)
> >
> > John
> >
>
> ==
> nikolai jaremka
> 72 spitfire mkIV
> east aurora, new york
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