[Mgs] weber or not

[Pete Chast]

Hi All,

I think we may be missing a key fact. These carbs have been sitting off the
car for a year or more by the original post. I'm sure they need cleaning
and resetting before any other evaluation.

Pete


On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:07:39 -0500, Paul Root <ptrmgb at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Are the jets close in height? This sounds like a classic case of the  
> front way
> too rich and the rear way too lean.
>
> I'd start fresh on balancing the carbs.
>
>
> On Jan 29, 2010, at 9:48 AM, Tom Gunderson wrote:
>
>> My car has been setting for over a year waiting to get a head  
>> replacement.
> I
>> have done that and now I am wanting to get the car back on the road.  
>> After
>> mounting the carbs I found that I can't get power when driving. It  
>> seems to
> be
>> getting enough gas. It starts fine. With the air cleaners off I put my  
>> hand
>> over the air intake of the front carb. It wants to choke out and stall.  
>> When
> I
>> do this on the rear carb it does'nt act the same. Maybe there is a jet
> clogged
>> or trash in the carb line. The engine will run with only the front two  
>> plug
>> wires connected and not with the rear two only connected. Just an idea  
>> to
>> replace the carbs. All the replys help.
>> Thanks, Tom
>> 1957 MGA , 1500 rst
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