<p dir="ltr">...and plug the port on the carb. :-P</p>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 6, 2016 7:34 AM, "Paul Root via Mgs" <<a href="mailto:mgs@autox.team.net">mgs@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">I would say you remove the hose from the carb to the brake booster. <div><br></div><div><br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Sep 5, 2016, at 4:00 PM, Dan DiBiase <a href="mailto:d_dibiase@yahoo.com" target="_blank">d_dibiase@yahoo.com</a> [MG-MGB] <<a href="mailto:MG-MGB@yahoogroups.com" target="_blank">MG-MGB@yahoogroups.com</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div style="line-height:1.22em"><div style="line-height:1.22em;font-family:Georgia"><div style="line-height:1.22em;margin:0px 0px 1em"><br></div><div style="line-height:1.22em;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div style="line-height:1.22em">Paul, the idea of brake fluid being pulled into the carb is interesting - how would I tell?<span> </span><br style="line-height:1.22em"></div><div style="line-height:1.22em"><br style="line-height:1.22em"></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.22em">I am running the automatic water choke on the Z-S carb. I do have a manual choke conversion kit I was thinking of installing.</div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.22em"><br style="line-height:1.22em"></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.22em">Thx, Dan<br style="line-height:1.22em"></div><div style="line-height:1.22em"><span style="line-height:1.22em"></span></div><div style="line-height:1.22em"><br style="line-height:1.22em"><br style="line-height:1.22em"></div><div style="line-height:1.22em"><div style="line-height:1.22em;font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div style="line-height:1.22em;font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.22em"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="line-height:1.22em"><hr size="1" style="line-height:1.22em"><b style="line-height:1.22em"><span style="line-height:1.22em;font-weight:bold">From:</span></b><span> </span>"Paul Root<span> </span><a href="mailto:ptroot@gmail.com" style="line-height:1.22em" target="_blank">ptroot@gmail.com</a><span> </span>[MG-MGB]<wbr>" <<a href="mailto:MG-MGB@yahoogroups.com" style="line-height:1.22em" target="_blank">MG-MGB@yahoogroups.com</a>><br style="line-height:1.22em"><b style="line-height:1.22em"><span style="line-height:1.22em;font-weight:bold">To:</span></b><span> </span>MG-MGB <<a href="mailto:MG-MGB@yahoogroups.com" style="line-height:1.22em" target="_blank">MG-MGB@yahoogroups.com</a>><span> </span><br style="line-height:1.22em"><b style="line-height:1.22em"><span style="line-height:1.22em;font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b><span> </span>MG List <<a href="mailto:mgs@autox.team.net" style="line-height:1.22em" target="_blank">mgs@autox.team.net</a>><br style="line-height:1.22em"><b style="line-height:1.22em"><span style="line-height:1.22em;font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b><span> </span>Monday, September 5, 2016 3:35 PM<br style="line-height:1.22em"><b style="line-height:1.22em"><span style="line-height:1.22em;font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b><span> </span>Re: [MG-MGB] Rough Running<br style="line-height:1.22em"></font></div><div style="line-height:1.22em"><br style="line-height:1.22em"><div style="line-height:1.22em"><div style="line-height:1.22em"><br clear="none" style="line-height:1.22em"><br clear="none" style="line-height:1.22em">My first thought is that the power brake diaphragm broke and you are sucking break fluid into the carb.<div style="line-height:1.22em"><br clear="none" style="line-height:1.22em"></div><div style="line-height:1.22em">Plugs look really rich.  Do you have a manual choke or the automatic water choke? That could be gummed up as well.</div><div style="line-height:1.22em"><br clear="none" style="line-height:1.22em"></div><div style="line-height:1.22em"><div style="line-height:1.22em"><br clear="none" style="line-height:1.22em"><div style="line-height:1.22em"><blockquote type="cite" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 4px;line-height:1.22em"><div style="line-height:1.22em">On Sep 5, 2016, at 11:08 AM, Dan DiBiase<span> </span><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="mailto:d_dibiase@yahoo.com" style="line-height:1.22em" target="_blank">d_dibiase@yahoo.com</a><span> </span>[<wbr>MG-MGB] <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="mailto:MG-MGB@yahoogroups.com" style="line-height:1.22em" target="_blank">MG-MGB@yahoogroups.com</a>> wrote:</div><br clear="none" style="line-he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