[Mgs] Cleaning HIF carbs

Mike E redscirocco at hotmail.com
Fri Apr 11 06:25:45 MDT 2014


Doh!   I swear I didn't read this before I sent my last email!

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> On Apr 10, 2014, at 16:50, "Steve Shoyer" <steve at shoyer.com> wrote:
>
> I "gently tapped" the float bowls, which unstuck whatever was holding up
the
> floats, and the car started!  I drove it around for a while, so now I've
got
> a new list of maintenance items that need attention.  I'll get to them
soon,
> right after I swap in a new heater core.  Well, maybe not too soon.
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> --Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barney Gaylord [mailto:barneymg at mgaguru.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 1:06 PM
> To: Steve Shoyer; mgs at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Mgs] Cleaning HIF carbs
>
> If it runs on starting fluid, the spark is okay and you have a fuel
problem.
> I hope you know it needs full choke and fast idle setting for cold start.
> Wild guess, perhaps the float valves are stuck shut after storage so it has
> no fuel in the float chambers.
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