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Re: MG with no power

To: "Eric L. Van Iderstine" <elv1@ra.MsState.Edu>,
Subject: Re: MG with no power
From: jtilton@vt.edu (Jay Tilton)
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 1995 14:15:16 +0600
>Minuses
>Timing at idle (1000 or so rpm) is about 40 deg (any less, and it 
>sputters).
>Runs VERY rich.
>When I drive around the parking lot, it WILL NOT accelerate.

Sounds very much like what you get with a torn carb diaphragm on a B with
the single Zenith-Stromberg carb, but your car has the dual SU's, right?
Are your carb pistons working properly, i.e. rise when the throttle is opened?
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