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Re: ZS CD carb overhaul

To: "Gary Hutton" <hutton@evansville.net>,
Subject: Re: ZS CD carb overhaul
From: Atwell Haines <carbuff@nac.net>
Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 12:53:31 -0500
At 11:32 AM 11/4/2000 -0600, Gary Hutton wrote:

>My first try at rebuilding a ZS CD carb has resulted in a puzzling
>problem for me. ...now it idles (!) at 2800 rpm with
>no choking or pressure on the accelerator.

Gary,

The problem may be with the bypass/decel valve on the front side of the carb.

Try temporarily blanking it off with a solid gasket.  If your idle drops to 
normal, you've found the culprit.

The Bentley manual has an adjustment procedure.

Atwell Haines
'79 Spitfire
Succasunna, NJ USA

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