sound like somthing with the choke assembly might have been put
together wrong. i would start there by rechecking it's put
together right. if it's done correctly and still won't run
right, you got me stumped.
--- "Bollinger, Bob D. (BODB)" <BODB@chevron.com> wrote:
>
>
> I recently rebuild my stock ZS carb on my '79 Spitfire since
> the idle speed
> was varying and found some sticky parts in the auto choke.
> Anyway. I have
> it all back together and went to start the car. It took
> awhile then fired
> up and the engine speed increased to about 3,000 rpm then over
> the course of
> about 30 seconds dropped off until the engine cut out. I
> tried again and
> got the same thing to happen - even a little pump of the gas
> pedal this time
> didn't keep it from cutting out. I tried again and couldn't
> get it to
> start. I waited a half a day to try again thinking I'd
> flooded it, but
> still it won't start. Sometimes it seems to be starting so I
> let off on the
> starter and nothing happens.
>
> I knew that the idle, air adjustment, etc. would be off when I
> put it back
> together, but I had hoped I could get it running, even
> roughly, enough to
> take it into the shop to have the air/fuel mixture and idle
> set
> professionally. The fact that it ran for awhile makes me
> pretty confident
> that I got things back together correctly.
>
> What kinds of things can I fiddle with to try to get it to
> start? I started
> with the metering needle base flush with the base of the
> piston, maybe I
> should move this up or down?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> Bob Bollinger
> '79 Spitfire
>
>
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nikolai jaremka
72 spitfire mkIV
east aurora, new york
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