Thanks to a lot of advice and encouragement on the list, including many
personal emails, I met with some success today!
Quick background -
The 79 Midget I acquired had a Weber conversion installed. I had to remove
it and replace it with the stock ZS so I could register and pass the CA smog
check.
After lots of learning curve, lots of cleaning and installation miscues, I
finished the last element last night.. rebuilding the ZS. After double and
triple checking all the connections and tightness, I fired it up this
morning. All systems go!! It idled pretty high and I played with the
throttle connections a bit just to get it down. Before the carb rebuild it
would start, run for a while and then after I shut it down, it wouldn't
start again for several hours.
Now it appears fine. I finally got the courage to take it around the block,
then even more guts and took it about a mile around the neighborhood. I
never REALLY got it going very fast before with the Weber, and I know speed
is relative to the small car, but it sure does move out!! I kept squealing
the tires through 3rd gear because I'm not used to the short clutch throw.
Anyway, my goal was to get it running so I can get it down to a LBC repair
shop and let them fine tune it for the smog check and just put it in
generally better shape than I have it.
Again, thanks a million for all the little bits of knowledge you guys have
imparted to me. Couldn't have done this myself!!
Bill
http://tubbs.cc/mg/
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