Doug, all these little tips help the list. In fact I did have the same problem
on my carb when I went to tune it in Oregon the first time I got the car. If
turning the needle does not do anything then chances are it's loose. Amazing
how many of these little things we all have hit in the past. Lets hope they
help someone else. Right?
Alan
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From: "spitfires-owner@autox.team.net" <spitfires-owner@autox.team.net> on
behalf of "Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou" <doug@dougbraun.com>
Sent: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 16:10:54 -0400
To: "Bradley D Richardson" <bradrichardson@juno.com>,
"spitfires@autox.team.net" <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Emiisions test pass
Several years ago, when I was living in California, my Spit was
running poorly and it was Smog-Check time. I had tried and failed
to fix the rough idle, so I took it to John Rockwell in Santa Clara,
who had a good reputation for these sorts of things. His system
was simple: he hooked it up to his machine and changed a dollar a minute
until it was OK. Ten dollars later he had found and fixed the needle
on the Stromberg carb, which had gotten totally unscrewed from its adjuster,
and it passed the smog test.
I have no idea if he is still in business.
Doug Braun
'72 Spit (30 years old this month!)
At 02:52 PM 10/24/01 , you wrote:
>Alan,
>
>Although always sad to see someone leave beautiful Oregon for skungy
>Idaho, (smile), I'm glad you pass so easily). I was having problems here
>in Portland, finally broke down and paid a mechanic to look at it, he
>hooked it up to his machine, and 3 minutes later was done. The damage?
>$10.00. He'll have my business in the future when I need him.
>
>Brad
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