BSCC- Idle craziness finally conquered!!

[Rick MacDonald]

Hey everybody..after chasing a million small situations that caused my car
to idle in N way higher than in D, I finally tamed the beast and got the
idle speeds normal!!! I even test drove it a few miles on Sunday but it's
COLD when you have no windows!!!

It ended up being a little bit of the following I think:

Distributor not exactly built up to match camshaft
Carbs not balanced or synchronized 100%
Mixture screws had wrong springs in them, causing a "false seat"
Some small vacuum leaks, I'm sure
Bad vacuum modulator, sucking in fluid
Operator inexperience
Lack of free time to diagnose/work on car!!!

If it's nice enough next Wednesday I'll drive it to the meeting.

See you soon!

-Rick



Rick MacDonald
The Smith Print, Inc.
90 Longwater Drive
Norwell, MA 02061
781-878-5555 tel
781-878-2040 fax
rickm at smithprint.com