Wrong needles? Leaking needle valve & seats?
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Doug & Sheryl Altman wrote:
> Fellow Spridgets - My mechanic (more apropos would be maniac!) and I are
> trying to solve a problem with which perhaps someone can help. I installed
> the original type 1 1/8" Skinner-Union carbs on my 948 cc '59 Bugeye. He is
> using a Colortune unit to set the mixture. We cannot get the mixture to
> lean out - it is always too rich. Rebuild carbs, reamed and oversized
> throttle shafts, new needles (lean) flush with bottom of plunger, new jets
> with bottom nuts all the way up, floats adjusted properly, good compression
> on the engine, valve lash good. What are we missing? Any thoughts?
>
> Doug (bandana/bead man/prisoner)
>
> "I have thought too much to stoop to action." -
> Philippe Auguste Villiers
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