[FC] Idle woes

[Dennis & Debbie Pleau]

Set the idle with the link from the cross shaft on the left side 
disconnected.  After you get the carbs balanced.   Adjust the length of the 
left side link (its threaded) to just fit in the hole.

dennis

At 03:11 PM 9/6/2004, Garry Parsley wrote:
>Hi all,
>Help!! I've gone brain dead and can't think my way out of a simple 
>problem. Here goes: 1965 Brier with 140/PG running two carbs. It started 
>flooding, so I removed and rebuilt the carbs. Both were very clean, all 
>rubber parts good. Found the problem to be a seat that had unscrewed 
>itself. Now, trying to set up idle, I cannot get the right side to work. 
>When I put my hand over the left carb it tries to suck my elbow into the 
>engine, and dies within a few seconds. When I do the same on the right 
>side, there is very little suction and the engine barely changes in pitch. 
>I repulled the right carb and double checked all the little drilled 
>passageways, float settings, etc. and can find nothing wrong. Reinstalled 
>and no difference. The idle mixture screw makes no difference. Using a 
>Unisync shows the left pulling straight to the top, while the right barely 
>gets to the bottom line. I do not have a vacuum gauge. Now, to be fair, 
>this engine has never idled real well, but I always thought the problem 
>was on the left side. The carbs were not switched side-to-side as I 
>rebuilt one at a time. Do you think it would help to switch them? I'm also 
>wondering if I might have bad valve adjustments on the right side because 
>of the low suction, but why all of a sudden. I'm sure this is a simple 
>solution, but my brain hurts now, so I'm turning to the experts.
>Thanks,
>Garry Parsley
>1965 Brier
>1962 Corvan