By accident, I acquired a '72 Midget last week (I swear, it just
followed me home). Tonight, I had it out for the first time, running a
few errands and getting about five miles from home. On the way back, I
lost power and wasn't able to get over 40 mph. At a stop light it died.
When I started it back up as the light turned green, I returned to full
power for a while until turning left and I went down again. Lots of
blue smoke on starting it back up.
This is my first experience with an SU carb car and I'm at a loss where
to start with it. The car might not have been run much during the last
five years in storage. I haven't done a compression check on it yet and
don't know if I've got a ring not sealing or what.
It reeks of gas when driving along. I'm just running the gas that came
in the tank when I bought the car.
I hear the floats sink in the carbs when they leak, but I don't remember
the symptoms they're said to have.
What's a good check list to work on tracking down the problem?
- Kendel
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