Bob,
Do NOT listen to them. Yes this is the right list for the 1500 Midgets.
We are just as proud as they little kids are of their cars.
#2 Yes he said.
#3 Did you try removing all the vac lines from the carb and plugging
them?? just to verify it is a vacuum issue.
#4 They all do. You can replace the left rear, but it will do it all
over in a few months. Unless you carry around a 50% heavier "object"
than the driver, in the passenger seat.
Larry
On Jul 5, 2004, at 1:44 PM, Bob wrote:
> I'm new to the list, having just purchased a '75 Midget a few months
> back.
> I've putzed with the car for a bit and have a few questions:
>
> 1. Is this the right list for rubber bumper Midget 1500's ?
>
> 2. The car came with a Lucas 25D distributor mounted on it. Is this
> standard for the '75 Midgets brought into Canada? (I have a '76 BL
> Manual
> and it makes no mention of anything but electronic ignition.). Would
> the
> point gap and plugs be the same as the '74?
>
> 3. I have had trouble getting the car to idle slow enough. I
> rerouted the
> piping on the carbon canister as shown in the '76 manual, but still
> idles
> fast. Checked the choke and no change. I think I have it narrowed
> down to
> lack of orifices at the carburetor purge pipe and the carbon canister
> (too
> much air bypassing the carb damper) - anyone know the diameter of the
> orifices so I can make a couple? Also, where does the pipe into the
> back of
> the filter housing go to (no mention of a connection to there in the
> '76
> Manual).
>
> 4. The car leans ever so slightly to the left - how best to check if
> I need
> to replace the front springs or the rear springs?
>
> That's about it for now (more to come I am sure!).
>
> Thanks.
>
> Bob
> '75 Midget
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University of Pennsylvania
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