> Date: Sat, 19 Sep 92 10:28:39 PDT
> From: pwv@tc.fluke.COM (Pat Vilbrandt)
> To: cobra@snakebyte.cdc.hp.com
> Subject: Re: Eine kleine Nachtmusik
> Cc: british-cars@hoosier.cs.utah.edu
>
> > during a quick lunch time search. Anyone familiar with 2-barrel carbs
> > found on these engines circa 1965.
>
> The idle mixture adjust screws are at the base of the carb body on the
> front, one per barrel. (I'm pretty sure that's right, but I've owned
> a GMC truck with a 2-barrel carb since I had the Ford some 20-(mumble...)
> years ago, so I may be confusing things.) Simply frob each adjusting screw
> 'till you get the best idle. Much simpler than adjusting SUs! ;^)
Found them right were you said they'd be. Seems to run best with both
of them screwed all the way in which doesn't sound right to me.
>
> > I rebuilt this carb a number of
> > years ago but only recall that it was pretty simple. Maybe I have a
>
> Unless the engine is idling roughly, I would suspect the carb is probably
> due for another rebuild, given your description of your snake's (non) use
> these past few years. The gaskets in those carbs tend to dry out and leak
> for some reason when the engine is not run regularly.
Well it was idling a bit rough. I cleaned and regapped the plugs,
replaced the points, condenser and rotor and now it idles reasonably
well. Didn't have time to check the timing.
I suspect you right about needing a rebuild. The reason I rebuilt it in
the first place was because the top of the intake manifold always had
pools of gasoline on it, which was a bit unnerving. It doesn't do that
now but the car did sit for a couple of years without being run.
Roland
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