Well, thanks to the advice on this list, I finally got the B back on the
road this weekend. Suggestions that probably seem obvious to the pros on
this list are invaluable to an amature, learning enthusiast like myself. I
rebuilt the ZS carb without too much difficulty, replaced a bad fuel line,
a couple gaskets and she's up and running again. I'm sure it wasn't the
best rebuild ever done, but my problem is gone and the car runs better and
idles better now than it did when I bought the car two and half years ago.
I now know that side of the engine pretty well (at least the names of all
the parts) and can take the carb off in about 5 minutes (it took about an
hour and a half the first time).
As the car had not been driven in about 3 months, I checked what I thought
I should and went on about a 70 mile ride. It really makes it all worth
it......at the end of the ride, the overdrive started acting up. This I've
already fixed once with the help of the list....hopefully this time it will
be easier...oh well, at least it's running again. Wooohooo!
Thanks for the help.
Tom
77B
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