[6pack] Rear carb Bypass Valve Adjustment

[Rick Norris]

Busted! I actually needed enough room just for about an eighth of a turn which I accomplished with the engine off and the throttle full open. I had previously tried to adjusted the bypass valves with a $1.25 screwdriver from my friendly Ace Hardware store. I heated the tip and bent it a a right angle allowing me almost three quarters of a turn with the engine idling so I felt I was close to having it right. Your "bent nail" tip on an earlier post  was my motivation there and I thank you. 

 Rick Norris




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From: "Navarrette, Vance" <vance.navarrette at intel.com>
To: Rick Norris <rnorris1 at swbell.net>; "William.Couzelis at CNA.com" <William.Couzelis at CNA.com>
Cc: 6-pack listserve <6pack at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2009 2:00:19 PM
Subject: RE: [6pack] Rear carb Bypass Valve Adjustment

    Rick:

    While that allows you access, you really need to be able to adjust the valve when the car is idling (when does the idle speed begin to increase? Hard to tell with the throttle wide open.) I suppose with patience this approach will work (blip, adjust, idle. blip, adjust, idle, etc), but I don't have the patience. 
    This is what getting old does to you.

    Thanks,

    Vance 


      Vance Navarrette
    Cogito Ergo Zoom
    I think, therefore I go fast

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From: 6pack-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:6pack-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Rick Norris
Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 11:21 AM
To: William.Couzelis at CNA.com
Cc: 6-pack listserve
Subject: [6pack] Rear carb Bypass Valve Adjustment

While having the same struggle as you've described with my rebuilt ZS's, I was
informed that the rear carb's bypass valve can easily be adusted by simply
pulling the throttle linkage to full open thereby exposing the
adjustment screw to a small screwdriver. I had already explored the depth and
breadth of my expletive vocabulary with no particular success!
Rick Norris