I discovered another good reason for a high idle speed when my accelerator
cable broke -- I was able to get back to the pits a lot faster!
Duncan
On May 25, 2013, at 10:48 PM, Christopher Bock wrote:
> I did put oil in the pots but it still did the same thing. He had the idle
set at 1200 so it wouldn't idle high. I finally set it at 1600 as a balance of
low idle and working. It was a racing engine that wanted a 1800 idle to start
with.
>
> Chris
>
> On May 25, 2013, at 9:58 PM, Duncan Charlton <duncan.charlton54@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
>> No oil in the dashpots of your friend's non-idling car, I assume. I would
>> think that would damp out the oscillations adequately. I know some run
with
>> the dashpots dry and/or the pistons removed from the damper rods but I
imagine
>> those individuals are not after a slow idle speed.
>>
>> Duncan
>> 1952 Morgan Plus 4
>> Red #6
>>
>> On May 25, 2013, at 6:56 PM, Christopher Bock wrote:
>>
>>> 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@msn.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Old age and treachery beat youth and inexperience every time.
>>>>
>>>> Terry Stetler
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> 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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