jarrid_gross(at)juno.com wrote:
>
> On Fri, 25 Jul 1997 11:44 +0930 "Heuer, Paul"
> <paul.heuer(at)dsto.defence.gov.au> writes:
>
> >I will explore this further at the club meeting on Monday night.
> >If I find a second hand set of carbs, how much play is acceptable in
> >the
> >throttle shafts?
>
> Ideally none, but it would onlu be speculative to provide a spec.
> Personally, I prefer verifiying the range of adjustement that the idle
> mixture screw provides.
>
> There are different types of adusters, some adjust the air volume,
> while others adjust the fuel volume, but either way, the adjustment
> goes to one extreme or the other when too much air bypasses the
> idle circuit.
>
> I had my "airl volume control screws" all the way in.
> The idle was so poor, I had to use the choke to make
> it idle smooth.
>
> >Am I correct in saying that the shafts usually wear before, or at the
> >same
> >time, as the carb body? Hence any carb with loose throttle shafts is a
> >carb
> >with knackered throttle shafts?
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Paul.
>
> Well the two wear together, but the spindle is brass, and the bushes that
> have the most load on them are steel, so I would have to say the spindles
> go first.
>
> BTW, I am sure that the factory was hosed when they wrote the Alpine
> workshop manual. It does not surprise me that you have a non GT car
> with WIAs. I have a set of WIA2 carbs that once ran on my car.
> The factory doesnt even talk about those.
>
Jarrid:
They do in the 66 parts manual: WIA2 was on Series II with micro element
filters.
Ron Tebo
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