BSCC- Idle craziness finally conquered!!

[Ray & Kathy Bombardier]

Rick,   You'd drive your 'vair to the meeting with no windows???    You're 
the man!!!    Ray


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick MacDonald" <rickm at smithprint.com>
To: <bsc-list at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 9:39 AM
Subject: BSCC- Idle craziness finally conquered!!


> 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
>
>
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