On Tue, 4 Apr 1995, Mark Jurras wrote:
> > What is the best thing I can do with these carburetors of unknown pedigree?
> > Should I attempt to clean them? How? Rebuild them myself?
>
> Jon,
>
> Did you try a little ether, (starting fluid) BE CAREFUL!, sprayed in the
>carbs while trying to start it to see if the problem is indeed fuel?
>
It *does* sound as if Jon's engine is massively mistimed somehow--either
the spark or the valves. If that's right, spraying ether in the carbs,
whether carefully or not, is a risky thing to do. You don't want to be
picking SU pieces out of your forehead.
Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8910
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