<VV> '62 Wagon Gasps

Bryan Blackwell bryan at skiblack.com
Sun Mar 1 12:27:08 EST 2009


I didn't see this exact suggestion - check to be sure you have no  
vacuum advance at idle.  If you do, when you open the throttle the  
timing will retard.

--Bryan

On Feb 27, 2009, at 8:30 PM, Ron wrote:

> My '62 doesn't like to take the gas from an idle and prefers to  
> gasp and die.  I've replaced the pump rod cups and bench adjusted  
> the carburetors per the manual to no avail.  Throttle actuation  
> gives a good (it seems to me) squirt of gas in each one.  I suspect  
> the carburetors as they did the same thing on another Corvair  
> before I worked them over and put them on the 62.  What's the next  
> most likely item to suspect?
>
> RonH



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