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1. Idle speed (score: 1)
Author: KeithB227@aol.com
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 08:03:42 -0500
I own a '57 MGA with a '62 1800 B engine. The engine runs great, but I can't get it to idle below about 1000 RPM. The idle is very rough with lots of missing. Point and plug gaps are good, dwell is r
/html/mgs/1995-11/msg00570.html (7,708 bytes)

2. Re: Idle speed (score: 1)
Author: "U. Goettsch" <ulix@u.washington.edu>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 08:18:42 -0800 (PST)
Yes. Maybe your throwout bearing on its way out? Ulix __/__,__ ________/____,,_______ ................... (_o____o_) ..... (___ O _________ O ___/ .............. sprite caddy
/html/mgs/1995-11/msg00574.html (7,666 bytes)

3. Re: Idle speed (score: 1)
Author: dcouncil@imt.net
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 09:22:53 -0700
Could very well be. My BGT does this after the temperature drops to ten below zero or so. I would check your transmission oil - I suspect someone put in a 90 wt. or greater when it should be using 1
/html/mgs/1995-11/msg00575.html (7,670 bytes)

4. Re: Idle speed (score: 1)
Author: craigw@sonic.net (craig wiper)
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 18:48:51 -0800
When the clutch pedal is depressed, the throw-out bearing is pressing on the pressure plate of the clutch, holding it off of the clutch, which results in resistance to the engine, similar (sort of)
/html/mgs/1995-11/msg00584.html (7,584 bytes)

5. Re: Idle speed (score: 1)
Author: ek_john_luthy <luthy@cesd.servtech.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 21:55:16 -0500 (EST)
I don't know why I want to join this thread but.... I read in an shop manual (i don't rember what one) that the idle speed should be set with the clutch pedal depressed. I have tuned up and repaired
/html/mgs/1995-11/msg00587.html (8,476 bytes)

6. Idle Speed (score: 1)
Author: KeithB227@aol.com
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 07:50:19 -0500
Thanks for all the replies/advice on my idle speed problem. I'll do the carb body throttle bushes first and worry about the potential throwout bearing problem after I get the idle smoothed out. Joe C
/html/mgs/1995-11/msg00589.html (7,103 bytes)

7. Re: Idle Speed (score: 1)
Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>
Date: 28 Nov 1995 09:33:59 -0600
Run, do not walk to your friendly local bookshop and get a copy of Hemmings Motor News. They ahve dozens of pages of MG relevant vendors and services listed. Or check out the Monstor Vendor list on t
/html/mgs/1995-11/msg00594.html (7,530 bytes)

8. RE: Idle speed (score: 1)
Author: "REICHLE, CHRISTOPHER" <CREICHLE@nsc.msmail.miami.edu>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 17:56:00 -0800 (PST)
I own a '57 MGA with a '62 1800 B engine. The engine runs great, but I can't get it to idle below about 1000 RPM. The idle is very rough with lots of missing. Point and plug gaps are good, dwell is r
/html/mgs/1995-11/msg00661.html (8,054 bytes)


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