RE: accomplishments (1974 midget troubles)

[mburdick@unmc.edu (Mike Burdick)]

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