<VV> idle circuit repair tip

George Jones 65crownv8 at gmail.com
Fri Apr 29 06:10:58 EDT 2011


 >  -- wear safety  face shield.

Can't overemphasize this enough. There are blind passages in some
carburetors and it's REAL EASY to get blinded by the chemicals you clean
carburetors with.


George Jones
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'65 Monza Crown V8 Convertible
'66 Monza Coupe Custom


On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 11:21 PM, Chris & Bill Strickland <
lechevrier at earthlink.net> wrote:

>
> >They all must have the same current carrying capacity for the wire size,
> so
> >material and size of the strands should be close. So, any #10 stranded
> wire should do it.
> >
> >
>
> Same ampacity, but different manufacturers, different number of strands
> of a different size than the other guy -- Like Smitty, try finding a
> hunk o' wire that fits.  More strands, like Boat Wire, generally means a
> higher quality wire -- definitely more flexible.
>
> >Also, try blowing the circuits out with compressed air.
> >
>
> Aerosol lubricants (like WD-40) also work well for cleaning carb
> passages -- no high pressure air to mess something up, and easy visual
> clue to results -- and they come with a nice little tube for sticking
> into holes
>
> Bill Strickland
> Oregon City, OR
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