As I thought, something dumb. Arn't most of them.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda Grunthaner" <grunthaner@gmail.com>
To: "Frank Clarici" <spritenut@comcast.net>
Cc: "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 8:26 AM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Now it starts
> Congratulations good work.
> Lin
>
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 6:10 PM, Frank Clarici
> <spritenut@comcast.net>wrote:
>
>> And runs well.
>> Turned out to be the header was keeping the bottom of the intake from
>> sealing.
>> In pulling it off to check to see if I pulled out all the paper towels
>> keeping dirt out of the engine...
>> I knew I pulled them out but did I forget one?
>> Turns out, no, I didn't leave any towels in the holes. But Brian noticed
>> that there was a paint mark on one hole of the gasket but not the other.
>> Turns out the intake was rocking on the center header pipe, not so much
>> the
>> intake but the heat shield.
>> Some strategic blows with a BFH fixed it right up. It ran long enough to
>> set the carbs, now it runs well.
>> I knew it was acting like a major intake leak but the nuts were tight,
>> the
>> manifold was not damaged, who would have thunk it?
>>
>> --
>> Frank Clarici
>> Toms River, NJ
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