<VV> Carb update

DENNIS PLEAU dpleau at wavecable.com
Mon Aug 23 01:56:17 EDT 2010


lclc told me once to make the final carb adjustments on a 
PG car with the aircleaners on.

dp

On Sun, 22 Aug 2010 21:50:57 -0400
  Bryan Blackwell <bryan at skiblack.com> wrote:
> I asked about carbs a few weeks ago on our '62 wagon 
>102/PG, I had built a set of '64 carbs that were good hot 
>but the engine stalled when cold going into "D".  The 
>replies got me headed to looking at the choke adjustment 
>- turned out that was at least part of the problem. 
> Yesterday I made a couple changes:
> 
> - 2 turns further out on the choke rods
> - an extra 1/2 turn out on the idle mixture screws (2 
>total)
> 
> Brenden and I just took it to (and from) baseball 
>practice.  1/2 pump on the gas pedal, turn the key, at 
>fired on the first turn.  30 seconds of warm up, then 
>drop it in "R" and off we went :-)  I still have a little 
>off idle stumble to chase down but we're pretty close 
>now.  Thanks for the suggestions!
> 
> --Bryan


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