<VV> carbs / too high an idle

[Louis Armer]

Hi Jay, Disconnect both your secondaries from the carb linkage. The 
easiest way to do this on a 1965 would be to disconnect the linkage 
at the "bell crank" part of the linkage. You probably have something 
sticking on the secondaries connecting rods or the spark plug wires 
may be hanging up part of the secondary linkages when you depress the 
cross shaft. Do you have the air horn on or off when you are having 
this problem? Sometimes the cross shaft sticks underneath the center 
of the air horn.

Chuck

At 04:28 PM 9/12/2009, you wrote:
>OK, the '65 Corsa started running real rough, missing & bucking ... felt
>like fuel/carbs ... then stopped idling and died. Finally got a re-start,
>but throttle is completely messed up. It sticks wide open and won't idle.
>Before it's demise, it was idling at 2000-2200 RPM - excessive? Now I can't
>even keep it idling long enough to jump out and run back to the carb linkage
>to get a look at what's going on. Manually moving the throttle linkage, I
>can see that the secondary by the #5 cylinder isn't moving at all. I
>literally have to lift the pedal off the floor if it goes beyond a certain
>depression percentage - it feels 'hung up' somewhere.
>Any thoughts where I start to look? I have a feeling that purchase #1 & #2
>will be the shop manuals and Bob Helt's book. I'll also gratefully accept
>any recommendations for a Corvair mechanic in the Central Ohio area.
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