[Spridgets] Basic starting procedure for Spridget

[Edward Perez]

No puff of blue smoke....
I'll check the cable play and pull the plugs to see if they are fouled.
Not me sputtering!

 Edward Perez
Snohomish, WA
78 Midget (1275)
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From: DAVID GROPPER <kk7ss at verizon.net>
To: spridgets at autox.team.net
Sent: Thu, March 18, 2010 1:30:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Basic starting procedure for Spridget

Ed,

Su's do not have an accelerator pump or an enrichment pump.
Depressing the gas pedal a few times has no purpose...

When it does start, do you get a puff of black smoke out the tail pipe?
IMHO, if so, either the choke is too far out or the float levels are too high


I just *know* someone will correct me if I'm wrong ;-)

BTW who sputters?? You? or the car!

Dave G.



----- Original Message ----
> From: Edward Perez <eap2140 at yahoo.com>

> I had my dual SU HS2 carbs rebuilt for my 1275.  The car RUNS great, but 
> starting first thing in the morning is painful.  Am I doing something 
> wrong?  I have an electric fuel pump....do I need to wait a certain amount 
> of time before trying to start it in the morning?  This only happens when 
> it's cold.  It takes about 8-10 tries to get it started.  Starting 
> afterward is fine.  This may sound stupid, but is there a process for 
> this?  

1. Pull choke out
2. Turn key to start fuel pump
3. 
> Wait about 30 seconds
4. Depress gas pedal a couple of times
5. Crank, 
> crank, crank, crank, crank......sputter sputter, start.
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