I did put oil in the pots but it still did the same thing. He had the idle
set at 1200 so it wouldn't idle high. I finally set it at 1600 as a balance of
low idle and working. It was a racing engine that wanted a 1800 idle to start
with.
Chris
On May 25, 2013, at 9:58 PM, Duncan Charlton <duncan.charlton54@gmail.com>
wrote:
> No oil in the dashpots of your friend's non-idling car, I assume. I would
> think that would damp out the oscillations adequately. I know some run
with
> the dashpots dry and/or the pistons removed from the damper rods but I
imagine
> those individuals are not after a slow idle speed.
>
> Duncan
> 1952 Morgan Plus 4
> Red #6
>
> On May 25, 2013, at 6:56 PM, Christopher Bock wrote:
>
>> Look into the throat and see what the gap between the dash pot(?) and the
> base
>> is while running between both carbs. They should be close to even. If
they
>> are then check to see if there is any fuel coming to the jet in the front
>> carb. To me it seems that the front carb isn't working.
>>
>> I had fixed a friends dual carb where after idling a while he couldn't get
> any
>> throttle at all. He had to shut the car off, restart, then quickly
> throttle
>> the car. Basically he had the idle speed too low and the dash pots(?)
were
>> bouncing up and down so bad that giving throttle did nothing. Quick fix
> at
>> the start line was to stick my finger in the throat and stop the bouncing.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> On May 25, 2013, at 9:56 AM, "Terry Stetler" <tlizzard@msn.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Old age and treachery beat youth and inexperience every time.
>>>
>>> Terry Stetler
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 9:04 PM
>>> Subject: [Fot] What do YOU think?
>>>
>>>
>>> I posted this on the Spridgets list. Not Triumph related, but the
>>> principles involved
>>> are not marque specific.
>>>
>>> mjb.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> You may have seen my post on Facebook about the Midget with the loose
>>> carbs.
>>> Fixed that, still having trouble.
>>>
>>> So Ricky is Mike's full time mechanic, I just get called in once in a
>>> while for odds
>>> and ends. Ricky went to tech school, learned a lot, great worker,
>>> smart kid. I've
>>> been working on LBCs longer than he's been alive. We had a minor
>>> disagreement
>>> today.
>>>
>>> So this rough running Midget with the 1275, dual SUs. Put your palm
>>> over mouth
>>> of the front carb, the idle speeds up and smooths out. Put your palm
>>> over the rear
>>> carb, engine stumbles and dies.
>>>
>>> I won't offer who said what about that indication, what do YOU think?
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