<VV> Carb Sync and Linkage Adjusting / Tech session

corvairs lonwall at corvairunderground.com
Wed Oct 18 13:38:50 EDT 2006


I'll be there to help - Coming in late morning and shuttling over to the 
Holiday Inn (Staying there Friday night then over to the Sheraton for 
Sat - it's what I had to do to get a room!) See you then - Lon

Louis C. Armer,Jr. wrote:

> Now here is a new Corvair who needs assistance and who is more than 
> willing
> to pay a fee. That alone is reason enough that he should be helped and 
> NOT
> charged when he attends the Charlotte show. This is tech session material
> and an impromptu session can hopefully solve the carb problem and maybe
> teach a few old members something in the process. Let's make sure that 
> Danny
> is helped and no fees are involved. We need new members and Danny is a 
> rookie :-)
>
> Chuck Armer
> ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
> At 08:36 PM 10/17/2006, you wrote:
>
>> If anybody that will be attending the Charlotte Event
>> happens to be exceptional at carb syncing and linkage
>> adjustments, I would be happy to pay someone to help
>> me out, or show me, I'll pay either way.
>> My problem is my idle seems normal at startup, but
>> after I take her out for a 20 minute run, my idle is
>> 0ver 1100 rpm's at a stand still, in neutral. I can
>> pull the linkage-rod toward the back of the car, and
>> she will idle back down, unless I let go, then she
>> idles back up.
>> I am thinking the problem is in the linkage adjustment
>> or the carbs may need a final sync to get perfect???
>> (Not sure, that is why I am willing to pay someone who
>> knows.)
>> Anyhow, I am for sure that a good adjustment could add
>> 3 to 6 mpg's to my fuel economy, and seeing how I am a
>> soft driver, that is much wanted economy.
>> She is so close I do not want to adjust without
>> somebody on hand who knows more than I.
>> I will be driving a 67 med.blue convertible w/white
>> top, if anyone can help get her right, I will make
>> sure and bring my wallet.
>> Many Thanks And All The Best Regards,
>> Danny Barber
>> 67 Vert named Wilma
>> 110/PG A/C, Slightly Loaded.
>> Or, is it the driver that is slightly loaded????
>
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