Hello again,
Well, the spit is almost ready for the safety, just needs new tire and it's
ready (I hope!!!).
One thing I haven't been able to fix yet is the starting. When the engine
is cold, I just can't get the engine to start without using some carb
cleaner right down the throat.
I pull the choke to the max, pump the gas pedal a few times but still
nothing. Sometimes I will get one or two turns on it's own but never enough
to keep running. I haven't done a rebuilt of the carb yet (although I do
have a rebuilt kit ready to be installed). The cables, spark plugs and
dist. cap, points and condenser have been in the car for at least ten years
(the number of years it has been sitting in a garage!).
Once started, it idles smooth and runs fine. I went around the block a few
times (actually enough to add 15 miles to the odo in the last 3 days), and
the engine ran quite nicely up to 4000 rpm (I didn't want to go more than
that for now).
So my guess is that the carb is probably OK but since I'm new at this, I
maybe waaaay in left field! ;-)
Any thought on what could be the problem? I'd don't really want to open the
bonnet up everytime I want to start the car when it's cold!
BTW, I'm running a single ZS CD-150 (for now) on the '69.
Once again, TIA
Steph
Ottawa, Canada
'69 Spit - Hers (Now running under it's own power!)
'71 TR6 - Mine (Getting jealous!)
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