[Fot] What do YOU think?

[Christopher Bock]

Look into the throat and see what the gap between the dash pot(?) and the base
is while running between both carbs. They should be close to even.  If they
are then check to see if there is any fuel coming to the jet in the front
carb. To me it seems that the front carb isn't working.

I had fixed a friends dual carb where after idling a while he couldn't get any
throttle at all.  He had to shut the car off, restart, then quickly throttle
the car.  Basically he had the idle speed too low and the dash pots(?) were
bouncing up and down so bad that giving throttle did nothing.   Quick fix at
the start line was to stick my finger in the throat and stop the bouncing.

Chris

On May 25, 2013, at 9:56 AM, "Terry Stetler" <tlizzard at msn.com> wrote:

> Old age and treachery beat youth and inexperience every time.
>
> Terry Stetler
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Mark J Bradakis<mailto:mark at bradakis.com>
>  To: FOT<mailto:fot at Autox.Team.Net>
>  Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 9:04 PM
>  Subject: [Fot] What do YOU think?
>
>
>  I posted this on the Spridgets list.  Not Triumph related, but the
>  principles involved
>  are not marque specific.
>
>  mjb.
>
>
>
>  You may have seen my post on Facebook about the Midget with the loose
>  carbs.
>  Fixed that, still having trouble.
>
>  So Ricky is Mike's full time mechanic, I just get called in once in a
>  while for odds
>  and ends.   Ricky went to tech school, learned a lot, great worker,
>  smart kid.  I've
>  been working on LBCs longer than he's been alive.  We had a minor
>  disagreement
>  today.
>
>  So this rough running Midget with the 1275, dual SUs.  Put your palm
>  over mouth
>  of the front carb, the idle speeds up and smooths out.  Put your palm
>  over the rear
>  carb, engine stumbles and dies.
>
>  I won't offer who said what about that indication, what do YOU think?
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