<VV> My 110 HP Lawn Mower! -- (--problem fixed--)

[Secular]

  Hi:

  I'm grateful to all of you especially to Mr. John Ryall, Mr. Tim Colson, Lon Anderson & VairDan. I've finally fixed the problem.
    1) I disconnected the throttle linkage to the right side (passenger side) carb & revved the car. The left carb worked perfectly.

    2) I then reversed this process, namely, the left side carb (driver side) was disconnected. I revved the car and it sounded like it's barely making a difference (actually an awful hissing noise). 

    3) I cupped my hand on top of the bad carb (the passenger side which had the main jet clogged) to create a vacuum - doing this a few times revived the carb. Revving that carb alone made a big difference. 
  Although I do realize that it needs to be rebuilt (and I intend to do that), but for now the car runs as it should :)

  Thanks again,

  Tony 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Secular" <rusecular at yahoo.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 9:45 PM
Subject: <VV> My 110 HP Lawn Mower!



  Hi:

  I have a '66 Corvair with a 110 HP Engine. It's a 4 speed and the 
  engine (along with the Carbs) were rebuilt 2 years ago. It's a 
  daily driver which has rarely given me any problems. 

  The car was recently tuned (- a month ago - spark plugs & wires, timing,  point, 
  Carbs synched, etc.,).


  Yesterday, I started the car. It idled perfectly (steady rpm at 650) but while 
  driving it had absolutely no power. If it had a "catalytic converter", I'd 
  guess that to be the culprit (clogged) but no such thing - the muffler 
  is two years old.  

  It revs fine - no missing. I've checked the plug wires - firing order 
  checked fine also. 


  Point gap is at .016 and the car starts immediately but while driving, it 
  feels like it has a 2 cycle lawn mower engine pushing it (no pinging, 
  and no miss-fire or backfire occurs) simply no power while
  driving ! 

  I checked the distributor to see whether the weights
  or the point plate are out of place. Everything checks fine. 

  Please help !

  Tony
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