Set your valves as well. If they are not set correctly, you won't draw the
fuel in properly either. It is a vicious circle. Set valves with engine
cold, set points, and go for a test drive. When the car is warm, set the
carbs. When setting the carbs, for best results, go through the setting
procedure at least twice, if not three times, to make sure all is good.
Unless of course, your last name is Clarici, then you can tune them on the
bench.
Brad
On 5/7/07, Dave G. <dmg@bossig.com> wrote:
>
> My thanks to all who responded to my plea....
> The concensus is evenly divided between Brake cleaner and Carb
> cleaner... I shall try the Brake cleaner first as I have many cans of
> the stuff in the shed...
> I was concerned that it might destroy the plastic jets...
> We'll see what happens...
>
> The idle was not bad... so I thought I'd check the carbs settings with
> the Auto-Syn. That's when I found out about the paint. I also found out
> that the rear carb was shut off at idle!!
> So I reset the carbs using the Auto-Syn... and now I have a lumpy
> idle... some days you just can't win :-))
>
> Dave G.
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