British Car magazine had an interesting article on troubleshooting the problem if your car won't start. 90% of the time it's an electrical problem, 9% of the time it's a fuel problem and 1% of the ti
or as otherwise put: 90% of all carb problems are electrical in nature. Jim Altman jaltman@altlaw.com Illigitimi non Carborundum http://www.altlaw.com/metro/jaltman.html 69-TR6 76-TR7 80-TR8 W4UCK Br
Many years ago a elderly mechanic told to me always remember 95% of all carb problems are ="electrical"=, so Jim and Art I guess we come the same school, well within 5% of the same on anyway. "FT"
Sounds to me like old mechanics were lousy diagnosticians ! Or else worked on too many electrical carburetors. (Don't laugh, my wife's Chevy had one !) Randall
From Randall Young <randallyoung at earthlink.net> My old V4 SAABs had electric chokes. I am not making this up. Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban
Hey, don't knock those electric chokes on the V4. I loved my Saab Sonnet, electric choke or not. Tedd Ross Pitts, Broadcast Transcripts (w) 202-824-0537 Emergency e-mail 7036248817@mobile.att.net 150
Message text written by "Phil Ethier" < Electric chokes are actually quite common. There are the electric enrichment devices used on 60's vintage Jag saloons and then there are the electricly heated,
Dick O'kane wrote in a 1960's "tongue in cheek" book on foreign car repair:"carburettor is a French word that means ....leave it alone!" In today's cars non start conditions are 95% the computer! Esp
Tongue-in-cheek? Perhaps, but that book was probably THE inspiration for me. Without it, I'd probably be in some other hobby, and other mechanics would've gotten a lot more of my money over the past
"How to Repair your Foreign Car". One of the funniest books ever written about cars (or anything else). Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 Tr
So I have the name and author of the book, how about some publishing details? Sounds like a great book. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Brian Borgstede ! Distance Learning Engineer
Currently out of print, but a search of Barnes & Noble: http://www.bn.com Out of print section shows several copies at around $50.00 each...I have already ordered the cheapest one <G> -- Bill Pugh ak
For those interested, try 21 North Main: http://www.21northmain.com I got one through them last night for $14.00 + shipping. Cheers. -- Michael D. Porter Roswell, NM [mailto: mporter@zianet.com] `70
21 North Main is a clearinghouse for used book sellers, so I still have to get confirmation from the original bookseller. (!) If they can sell it to you for $44, I might get left out. <smile> them fi
Michael must have gotten the last "cheap" one, the only one listed there now is $41.00 or was that a typo Michael?? <G> -- Bill Pugh aka Wily 1957 TR-3 aka Casper TS16765L
They must be monitoring this list. Today it's $40.00 :( Kg --Original Message-- From owner-triumphs at autox.team.net [mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Michael D. Porter Sent: Thursd
From Brian Borgstede <borgstede at umsl.edu> Doubleday and company, Inc. Garden City, New York Library of Congress catalog card 68-12158 Copyright 1968 by J. Richard O'Kane The line drawings are by J