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Re: Some tuning help, perhaps?

To: "Blake Field" <blakeafield@hotmail.com>, <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Some tuning help, perhaps?
From: "MICHAEL CARPENTER" <MAIL4CARPENTERS@peoplepc.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 19:51:15 -0400
Are you getting the proper flow of fuel?

MC
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Blake Field" <blakeafield@hotmail.com>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 7:39 PM
Subject: Some tuning help, perhaps?


> Greetings:
>
> I have a 1960 AH Sprite, 1275 engine, pertronix ignition, and Weber 45 
> DCOE. New plugs, new wires.  After a couple of years in various states of 
> repair, I've recently fired the engine up. It starts and idles fairly 
> well. However, any application of any throttle whatsoever causes it to bog 
> down.  No matter what I do I can't get it to go above idle.  Even when I 
> try to advance the idle adjuster screw to make it run a bit faster, it 
> bogs down. Goosing it won't work; it just bogs.  Any ideas as to what I 
> should be looking for/doing to correct this situation?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Blake




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