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Re: Carb air piston hangup

To: KKSMC@aol.com, 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Carb air piston hangup
From: emanteno@comcast.net
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 21:16:35 +0000
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From: KKSMC@aol.com 

> After replacing the leaking dash pot 'o' ring on my '74-6 I find that the air 
> piston is hanging up the inside of the ZS carb cover. The cover is aligned 
> properly with the lower carb body. 
> 
> Nothing I have done so far will enable the air piston to travel up and down 
> freely inside of the cover whether at idle or 'goosing' the throttle assy. 
> The air piston remains in the carb cover when removed from lower carb body. 
> Any suggestion on a remedy other than sanding the o.d. of the center tube of 
> the piston? 
> 
Did you return the air valves to their original carb bodies? If not, that may 
be your problem. Also, you need to be sure that the diapragm tab is in the slot 
so that the air valve remains in its original orientation.
Irv Korey
74 TR6 CF22767U
Highland Park, IL




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