Aaron,
If I'm the Hugh that helped. (I think there's another Hugh here too.) I'm
glad it worked. My vacuum retard is not connected. If you set the timing
with a light, set it to 10-12 deg BTDC rather than the 4 deg ATDC in the
shop manual. No ill effects from that.
How did the Colortune work for you?
- Hugh
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Acekraut11@aol.com
> Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 11:59 PM
> To: 6pack@autox.team.net
> Subject: Carb Tune High Idle Update
>
>
> Hi List,
> Thanks to all who responded to my question regarding a
> persistent high idle while trying to tune my rebuilt carbs
> for the first time. For all of you fans that like happy
> endings you are in for a treat. After several attempts,
> trying this and retrying that the culprit was none other than
> the bypass valves. Thanks Hugh you win the prize.(check is
> in the mail) I know when I rebuilt the carbs that I didnt
> change the internal settings, however I believe that because
> the diagphrams were so old and cruddy that they were
> essentially closed regardless of how they were supposed to
> work. My bypass valves had the little brass discs that
> sealed the screw. Removed those and adjusted them all the
> way tightly closed and presto, no more high idle. I did
> manage to finish tuning the carbs and on the test drive was
> very pleasantly surprised. Nice power all the way up through
> the gears and rpms. Smooth, and no stalling when stopping.
> One thing I did notice about the car is that there is no
> vacuum lines at all from the distributor to the carbs. What
> is the consensus of the list, do others have the same setup?
> Should I be trying to replace what is missing? I have a
> vacuum retard on the distributor, but no vacuum advance.
> Thanks again,
> Aaron
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