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Re: Stromberg Problems

To: "John Reynolds" <jfreynolds@briefcase.com>, <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Stromberg Problems
From: "rbonilla" <richard@bonilla.com>
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 16:22:41 -0600
i did a manual choke conversion on my 79 spit....everything
was simpler and functioned better.....

richard / colorado / 79 spit


----- Original Message ----- 
From: John Reynolds <jfreynolds@briefcase.com>
To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 1999 4:21 PM
Subject: Stromberg Problems


> 
> Pat,
> I had a similar experience with the Stromberg on my 79 
> Spitfire. During the course of the rebuild, I disassembled 
> the water choke and tried to clean and rebuild it. No one 
> offered a rebuild kit for the choke, so I substituted some 
> O rings and seals for the originals in the assembly. The 
> results were exactly as you describe, the carburetor 
> flooded the engine with fuel and I could not get the engine 
> to run.I finally got it running by making a gasket to close 
> off the choke assembly from the carb. Try this first. You 
> can get a new choke assembly from Moss Motors. This may be 
> a good investment since parts are not available for the old 
> one. I went the twin SU route instead. 
>                                      Good Luck,
>                                      John Reynolds
> 
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