[Spridgets] Help diagnossing this....

Dave Yealy lbc at littlebitcountry.com
Sun Oct 2 14:50:33 MDT 2011


Sounds like an air leak around the throttle shafts. Take a can of 2+2 
or brakekleen and spray around the shafts while it is at idle, should 
notice a drop in engine speed or even a stalling out.
Does your jets take the rubber donut for a seat? They could be shot. 
If it's gross jets, replace 'em.

Dave

At 11:54 AM 10/2/2011, you wrote:
>Okay 74 midget, std cam, std distributor, bored .3 over., distributor at 12
>o'clock, Idle set (maybe) at 1000B  (i like smooth quiet purr at lights)
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>ran fine before replacing jets last june.B  one jet repeatedly gets stuck down
>when pulling choke out and I have to stop and push back up once car gets to
>temp.B  This is not the problem annoying but not the problem.
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>The problem is that my idle is all over the place (cold or warm).B  at one
>light its at 900 drops to 500 when I push in the clutch.B  at the next light
>it may be at 2100 at idle and when I push the clutch in to lower it it drops
>to 1500 still way to high.B when I tap the gas peddle to bump the RPM's this
>seems to have no affect on resetting the idle and it runs right back to 2100.
>I have played with idle adjustmnet screws and it doesn't seem to matter.B  I
>have checked and oiled all parts of carbs I don't see anything sticking.B
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>Help I am out of ideas and this is just annoying.B  I hate sounding like I am
>reving my engine at one light and then almost stalling at the next.B  What am
>I missing?
>
>Ryan
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