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Solex questions and one answer!

To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: Solex questions and one answer!
From: Dan Neuman <dneuman@stars.sfsu.edu>
Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 23:09:30 -0700
 
> Hello All,
>       Well I suppose that I have solved the mystery of what type of 
> screws attach the accel. pump cover to the carbs.. They appear to be 
> standard 4mm screws.  The screws that I replaced appeared to be 4mm
> also but with some kind of thread pitch that I could not match??  Maybe
> that was why they were stripping out the tapped hole in the carbs??
>       The question:  I had to monkey with the carbs and now my car is 
> not idleing correctly.  Okay so assuming that I have the correct jets and
> all that stuff.  There appears to be only three things to adjust. These are
> old style solex's from 68. There are the brass screws on the carbs near the
> manifold mounting bolts.One screw per throttle body-are these mixture 
>adjusting
> or something??  There is a screw on the linkage that when turned 
> adjusts how one throttle lever opens with respect to the other-does this
> adjsut the balance between the carbs??    There 
> is a screw that appears to raise both carb throttles simultaneously.-idel
> set screw?? 
>       When the carbs are adjusted correctly.. How smooth is the idle?? 
>       What gets turned when to do what?? Help Please?!?!?!?
> 
>               Daniel 69 2000
>               SF CA
> 
> 



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