All,
Thanks for the replies as I sorted through my latest project. I now have a
running and driving Midget.
The Jumpy timing was fixed with a new distributor. There was a great deal of
slop in mine and it had about 40 degrees of jump by my estimation. Droped in
a rebuilt distributor and the thing ran much better. (Advance had the best
price and didn't want a core back. MUCH better than Mo$$)
The low power issue was the # 2 & 3 wires were switched. I never checked
these and I wonder how the previous owner drove the car with those things
switched. Swapped those two wires and the car has twice the power. Go figure!
Next is the carbs. I balanced these and set the mixture, but when I
re-installed the breathers, the mixture is now running rich. I suppose this is
due to
the reduced air flow caused by the pressure drop across the filter elements.
They come back off today and I will redo the mixture setting. Anyone know a
trick for getting this right, or is it simply a trial and error thing where
you guess at the setting re-install the breathers and check for black smoke in
the tail pipe. The car runs great without the breathers, but not so good with
them on. SU's! I hate 'em!
Tim
73 Midget
Fuquay Varina, NC
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