Bob,
I would suggest having an assistant try to start the engine while you look
in the carb intake with the air cleaner removed. (Not too close now...just
in case it tries to backfire!) :-0
If gas is pouring in, the carb bowl floats may be set wrong (easy to do) or
a piece of dirt may have lodged in the float needle.
Maybe the waterchoke is still not right as well. You could blank it off as
a test.
If there is no visible gas, your fuel pump or rubber fuel lines may be in
need of attention.
Good Luck,
Atwell Haines
'79 Spitfire
Succasunna, NJ USA
"Why do we say something is out of whack? What is whack?"
At 08:52 AM 01/03/00 -0600, you wrote:
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>I recently rebuild my stock ZS carb on my '79 Spitfire since the idle speed
>was varying and found some sticky parts in the auto choke. Anyway. I have
>it all back together and went to start the car. It took awhile then fired
>up and the engine speed increased to about 3,000 rpm then over the course of
>about 30 seconds dropped off until the engine cut out. I tried again and
>got the same thing to happen - even a little pump of the gas pedal this time
>didn't keep it from cutting out. I tried again and couldn't get it to
>start. I waited a half a day to try again thinking I'd flooded it, but
>still it won't start. Sometimes it seems to be starting so I let off on the
>starter and nothing happens.
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>I knew that the idle, air adjustment, etc. would be off when I put it back
>together, but I had hoped I could get it running, even roughly, enough to
>take it into the shop to have the air/fuel mixture and idle set
>professionally. The fact that it ran for awhile makes me pretty confident
>that I got things back together correctly.
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>What kinds of things can I fiddle with to try to get it to start? I started
>with the metering needle base flush with the base of the piston, maybe I
>should move this up or down?
>
>Thanks in advance for any help.
>
>Bob Bollinger
>'79 Spitfire
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