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Subject: Carb Questions
From: "Nicholas J. Levett" <njlevett@cbdcom.apgea.army.mil>
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 96 10:39:26 EDT
I need some help with carb adjustments for a 1980 MGB (Stromberg 175 CD 5T).  
The original
problem was the automatic choke.  It had a low idle when cold and increased as 
it warmed up,
then went back to near normal when fully warm.  It also had a rough idle.  So I 
pulled the carb,
cleaned it well, replaced the gaskets and needle valve.  Now, it does not start 
as readily or go into
high idle when cold (also sputters a bit) but idles pretty well (900-1000) when 
warm.  I must have
goofed up something.  Going by the procedures in the Haynes manual ( page 84, 
section 32 and
page 86, section 33), everything seemed ok except I'm not sure about the 
following:

     o  Turning the fine idle screw doesn't seem to do anything.  Since I don't 
have an exhaust 
gas analyzer, should it adjusted to the mid range (2.5 turns out)?

     o  Where/how should the index marks on the heat mass and choke body be 
aligned?  

     o  Why won't it go into fast idle when cold?


Thanks in advance for your assistance.
Nick


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