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RE: accomplishments (1974 midget troubles)

To: british-cars@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: accomplishments (1974 midget troubles)
From: mburdick@unmc.edu (Mike Burdick)
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 94 13:14:46 CDT
Al says:

   > >>causing the high idle. It currenly idles around the 2000 rpm mark...
   > >>time to get a new carb body from somewhere!
   > 
   > You probably don't need to get new carb bodies, but just get new throttle 
shafts.
   > Take out the old ones and see if they're worn.  If they are, then you 
might get 

Another site of wear is the throttle plates.  I have seen throttle
plates with a definite oval shape to them.  When taking the
"incremental" approach to carb repair, it is a cheap and easy thing to
do first and it may drop your idle to a reasonable level. 

Mike
mburdick@unmc.edu


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