Re: [TR] Webers on my TR4

["TeriAnn J. Wakeman" <tjwakeman@gmail.com>]

On 7/18/12 6:50 AM, Lee&John Howard wrote:
> Now there's a horrible thought! I'll take a look; guess I can roughly 
> test by simply grasping the carbs and wiggling them about.

A rough test would usually be spraying something non flammable on the 
seal area to see if the idle settles down while the liquid is blocking 
any gap. The soft mounts are supposed to allow slight movement of the carbs.

How old are your soft mounts?  The rubber seals can crack over time and 
repeated heatings.
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 6:39 AM, TeriAnn J. Wakeman 
> <tjwakeman@gmail.com <mailto:tjwakeman@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Any chance that your pulling on fuel lines might have broken the
>     soft mount seal on the carb to intake manifold connection and you
>     are getting an air leak  at the base of the carbs?
>
>     armchair diagnosis is a matter of WAGs.
>
>
>
>     On 7/17/12 4:55 PM, Lee&John Howard wrote:
>
>         Good ideas.
>         I never added the fuel pressure gauge because, well, it was
>         working fine without it!
>
>     .
>     As long as everything works a inline fuel pressure gauge is pretty
>     useless.  But the second you have a problem with the engine
>     running it can tell you that your fuel system down stream of the
>     carb is working OK, has a problem or maybe you should walk to the
>     nearest gas station with an empty container.  A fuel gauge can be
>     a big diagnosis time saver.
>
>     TeriAnn

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