Aubrey,
On my 1980 B, once I had a working catalytic converter, the car had no
problems passing the New York tailpipe (idle) emissions test. A few years
after I bought the car, I replaced the Zenith-Stromberg carb with two HS-4s
and spliced an aftermarket catalyst into the exhaust system between the head
pipe and the front muffler. I always tuned the carburetors for best idle and
emissions were always within spec.
Is your air pump connected?
Do you know that your catalyst is good? Shortly after I bought my car I
discovered that one of the previous owners had removed the guts of my catalyst
in addition to disconnecting the air pump.
Fortunately, New York does not require an emissions test for cars over 25
years old so I do not have to worry about this now.
HTH,
Peter Schauss
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 23 May 2013 19:07:01 -0700
From: "Aubrey Schneider" <aschneider@shaw.ca>
To: "mg list" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: [Mgs] float & aircare
Hello all,
Have been floating in the background for a while, after being off for a long
time. The site seems to have changed but maybe there is still someone who can
help this OF.
In British Columbia, Canada, we have to go thru' what is known as AirCare,
much the same as smog testing. To get my
75 B thru' I have to get the carb ( Stromberg ) lean enough to pass. Besides
adjusting the mixture on the carb to lean it out, does the float have any
significant adjustments to assist in achieving the lean mixture.
Also, once I have passed the test ( holding thumbs ) what do I have to do to
bring up the performance to where it should be. I have had the vehicle looked
at & worked upon by 3 different dealers & now it seems all over the place.
The
dist is now 5 BTDC.
Thanks in advance.
Aubrey
75 B
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