Hi Charlie,
Sounds like a fun time with your new car and wife yesterday.
Before tearing into rebuilding your carbs, make sure that your fuel delivery is
fine. No clogged fuel filters, intake line or filler cap vent. Also check that
the oil in the carb dampers is there and the pistons move freely! These are
easy
checks that will need to be done anyway, prior to rebuilding the carbs.
Mmmmm, stars in the sky? What do they look like? LOL from western Oregon!
Continued good luck on driving your new car.
Regards, Paul A
shelden wrote:
> I finally got to spend some quality time in my Midget today. The wife and I
> logged about 150 miles in it. It was our first drive in this lil car. Well
> first real drive. I've spent the past 4 months cleaning out the interior,
> putting in an engine, adding new carpet and replacement seats. I replaced
> all the electrics including a wiring harness from British Wiring. Every
> thing is working but the high beams. The car runs pretty good, I can't seem
> to pull much past 3000rpm though it starts to sputter I"m guessing it is
> leaning out. I'll need to do some adjustment on the SU's to fix that. It
> acts sort of rich on start up though. Could this be a needle issue? It
> prob. wouldn't hurt to replace all that in the SU's. I have a DCOE 40
> sitting on the bench, it has a future home in the 69 as well. I still have
> my 71, it looks sort of sad sitting off to the side. I haven't decided to
> finish it or sell her.
>
> All in all it was a good day in Oklahoma, light winds and 80's out. We just
> got in about 10, the wife really liked the drive looking out at the stars as
> well. Now she is hooked, and I can buy more toys ;) hehe.
>
> Charlie Shelden
> OKC, OK
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