Fred!
How did you know I was doing yard work? You must have ESP. Took down 5
trees yesterday. Today I tried to finish the brake job. Found a pinhole
leak in the right rear wheel cylinder. Have to order a new one ASAP.
Fred, you were absolutely right when you suggested that I look to see that
the jets come all the way down when I pull out the choke all the way. A
couple of other people suggested this as well. That's what it was! The
jets were stuck and wouldn't come down. It's been that way the entire time
I owned the car. I disconnected the choke cable and pulled them down, and
readjusted the choke cable. Per the Bentley manual, I put a little
petroleum jelly on the shafts. The car starts MUCH better now. My
starting motor thanks you. My battery thanks you. And I thank you, and Ed
Woods, and Don Marshall, and others. The jets now come down about 1/4 inch
with the choke all the way out. They go back in at the half-way-out choke
setting.
One additional problem. The front carb is perfect. In the rear one, the
jet gets hung up at the half-way position of the choke, and won't easily go
the rest of the way back up into the nut. I can push it all the way up,
and I can feel a roughness that seems to hang it up. I'm going to replace
the springs, but I don't think that's going to solve the problem. Keep in
mind that I am weak in the carb area, and have never rebuilt these. I did
rebuild a Chevy carb, but that doesn't count. What do you suggest I do to
solve the problem? If I do nothing, the rear two cylinders are going to
run a bit too rich.
Sumner
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> From: fred thomas <vafred@erols.com>
> To: Sumner weisman <sweisman@gis.net>
> Subject: hard start
> Date: Sunday, May 24, 1998 7:06 PM
>
> Sumner, in going over the hard start of yours it is most assuredly in the
> float bowls. If it will not start then there is no gas, if you spray
> starter fluid it starts, so that tells you no fuel, but two small items
> as to where the fuel is, pull the damper & chamber off, remove the
> needle, on the shoulder it should have the letters "SM" = if not this is
> the wrong needle, also on the choke shaft where the lever connects to it
> should be "1.00", this size jet along with the "SM" needle are correct
> for your car. In the Moss parts book pg. 18 these are listed as # 12 & #
> 102. They can all three cause hard start. I just want to make sure you
> have the car running instead of yard work, priorities must always be in
> the right places.
>
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