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1. Lumpy idle (score: 1): Author: "Jeff Sharpe" <jgsharpe@mindspring.com>; Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 15:37:50 -0500; Hi list, Trying to track down a lumpy low idle on my '71 B that has eluded me for a long time. Seems like it would be a vacuum leak, but not sure. All ports on the intake are plugged currently (found; /html/mgs/2002-03/msg00524.html (7,869 bytes)
2. re: lumpy idle (score: 1): Author: "Maynard Hirsch" <mghirsch@netzero.net>; Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 16:26:27 -0600; Are you sure that your car doesn't have a race cam? Seriously, to see if there is a vacuum leak, take a can of spray carb cleaner and when the engine is running, squirt it on all the suspect sites. I; /html/mgs/2002-03/msg00538.html (6,932 bytes)
3. Re: Lumpy idle (score: 1): Author: Rocky Frisco <rock@rocky-frisco.com>; Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 00:05:35 -0600; Hope this isn't useless (long stretch): lift gently up and down on the carb setup. Not hard enough to damage even a dodgy connection, just a sort of gentle test of the gasket and manifold nuts. More; /html/mgs/2002-03/msg00549.html (9,262 bytes)
4. Re: Lumpy idle (score: 1): Author: "Joe Short" <buster_balz@operamail.com>; Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 13:42:11 -0500; You said the vacuum advance does not work correct? Fix that first and then move on, it may be the problem. <BR> <BR> -- Original Message --<BR> From: Rocky Frisco <rock@rocky-frisco.com><BR> Date: Sa; /html/mgs/2002-03/msg00563.html (10,662 bytes)
5. Re: Lumpy idle (score: 1): Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>; Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 15:58:31 -0000; Lumpy said 'rich' to me before you said it, and a vacuum leak and rich don't go together. ... /// /// mgs@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool ///; /html/mgs/2002-03/msg00585.html (7,198 bytes)
6. Re: Lumpy idle (score: 1): Author: "Joe Short" <buster_balz@operamail.com>; Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 13:23:16 -0500; Umm, well actually they do go together. A vacuum leak causes a lean condition, that is most frequently compensated for by adjusting things to be rich. Once the vacuum leak is repaired, the set up has; /html/mgs/2002-03/msg00587.html (8,289 bytes)
7. lumpy idle (score: 1): Author: Alan Lott <lottala@mail.auburn.edu>; Date: Mon, 02 Mar 1998 13:03:13 -0600; First of all I'd like to thank everyone for their help on this one. The response was amazing (I think I received about 40 some-odd replies). I started replying and thanking individually, but was quic; /html/mgs/1998-03/msg00093.html (7,576 bytes)
8. lumpy idle (score: 1): Author: Alan Lott <lottala@mail.auburn.edu>; Date: Tue, 03 Mar 1998 09:45:40 -0600; Hope this isn't a duplicate, but I received an error message back after I sent it yesterday. So, if its a dup, my apologies :) First of all I'd like to thank everyone for their help on this one. The; /html/mgs/1998-03/msg00149.html (7,684 bytes)
9. lumpy idle (score: 1): Author: Alan Lott <lottala@mail.auburn.edu>; Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 12:10:34 -0600; Hello all, Finally got myself a dwell meter and tach combo and decided to do some adjusting to attempt to fix my lumpy idle. Well, after all of the following... carbs recently rebuilt by Jim Taylor c; /html/mgs/1998-02/msg01438.html (7,502 bytes)
10. Re: lumpy idle (score: 1): Author: mmcewen@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (John McEwen); Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 14:44:54 -0500; Hi Alan: Check for a vacuum leak or a float level problem. You can spray WD-40 around gasket surfaces and on throttle shafts to see if rpms rise which would indicate a leak. You can also check plugs; /html/mgs/1998-02/msg01441.html (8,480 bytes)
11. Re: lumpy idle (score: 1): Author: ame@synaptics.com; Date: Wed, 25 Feb 98 13:59:38 Pst; could be your poppet valves hanging open. These are in the throttle plates on late HS4's and all HIF4's. They have little springs to keep them closed, but to allow them to open on a heavy vacuum to; /html/mgs/1998-02/msg01442.html (8,446 bytes)
12. Re: lumpy idle (score: 1): Author: Mike Lishego <mikesl@tartan.sapc.edu>; Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 16:25:01 -0800; I would change these, even if they look OK or aren't very old. I try to replace mine every year and a half, while my Dad lets his go until the insulation falls off! I put a set of new wires on his ca; /html/mgs/1998-02/msg01445.html (8,108 bytes)
13. Re: lumpy idle (score: 1): Author: Andy Ramm <aramm@concentric.net>; Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 14:21:08 -0800; On that same note, it's my experience that caps and rotors can go funky very easily, even new ones from the factory are sometimes out of whack. Try changing this too and see what happens. YMMV Good l; /html/mgs/1998-02/msg01446.html (9,331 bytes)
14. Re: lumpy idle (score: 1): Author: barneymg@juno.com (Barney Gaylord); Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 17:28:24 EST; On Wed, 25 Feb 1998 12:10:34 -0600 Alan Lott <lottala@mail.auburn.edu> that is not really rythmic, but more intermittent. At idle, the car runs very rough with the miss being much more pronounced ...; /html/mgs/1998-02/msg01448.html (7,800 bytes)
15. Re: lumpy idle (score: 1): Author: Keith Wheeler <keithw@sand.net>; Date: Thu, 26 Feb 98 07:58:29 PST; I never overlook mine, but then bright yellow wires with black stripes are hard to miss. :) I had a stumble some time back, and I put some modern silicone wires on the car. I ended up putting on my t; /html/mgs/1998-02/msg01469.html (7,232 bytes)
16. Lumpy Idle (score: 1): Author: Rick Huber <102221.1716@CompuServe.COM>; Date: 27 Sep 96 16:47:57 EDT; On 9/23 TJ Noto wrote about lumpy idle. Sounds exactly like my car, although when really hot in Louisiana, the idle drops so low that it dies. I just turned up the idle speed, so that when it drops a; /html/mgs/1996-09/msg00948.html (6,535 bytes)

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