John Steczkowski wrote:
>
> Well, my MGB has been sitting in the Garage for about 2 weeks, because it
> had gotten really hard to start, lots of pedal pumping, lots of cranking and
> it would start, but not run that great. I got some advice, figured I was
> going to have to do a carb rebuild and maybe do something with the automatic
> choke.
>
> Well, I finally got around to working on it. My strategy was going to be to
> remove the auto choke mechanism go from there. Well, it turns out that the
> auto choke side of the carb was being held on by one half backed out screw
> (instead of 3). Well, I tightened the one screw up good and tried to start
> the car.... much better. I ended up going to the hardware store and seeing
> if I could get some screws to semi-replace the originals. It turns out I
> couldn't find any that would work, but... It turns out that the original
> screws had fallen and out and landed on the frame rail.... yeahh...
> tightened them up and now the car will start without me even touching the
> gas pedal (on a cold start even). Now the car runs better than it ever has
> since I bought it 18 months ago....
>
> (just a little success story from the weekend...)
>
> -----
> John Steczkowski
> Director of Software Engineering
> Crossroads Systems, Inc.
> 512-794-2742
> stecz@crossroads.com
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John
Sometimes things DO work out without complications - although not very
often when working on an MG!
That frame rail is a life saver isnt it?
Rick
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