<VV> Brent Covey's advice about fixing hard starting (humor?)

[Louis C. Armer,Jr.]

Well FRIENDS, .................There you have it from the Burger's 
mouth, He is
thanking someone who told him to look in the book AFTER providing some
good pointers about the problem. Remember all the venting and long 
diatribes about
good guys and bad guys blah blah blah.???? ...............soooo 
regardless of the situation,
maybe looking in the book FIRST might solve some of the more bitter 
mud slinging
that happens on this list. Of course that assumes that the individual 
with the problem
makes the effort FIRST to solve and understand his/her problem BEFORE 
coming to the
list both uninformed and having done no trouble shooting toward 
solving the problem. There
are some VERY dumb questions that do cross this list and contrary to 
that old adage that
there are no dumb questions .............There are some very dumb 
ones asked on this list.
Richard had already tried some analyzing and trouble shooting before 
asking for help. Way
to go Richard and way to go Brent !!! :-) :-)
FrontMan
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At 11:15 PM 2/22/2006, you wrote:
>Just wanted to take the opportunity to publicly thank Brent Covey 
>for his cogent, articulate, and for me at least, accurate advice 
>about solving hard-starting problems. I have a '62 sedan with a 
>110/PG that has always started with less alacrity than I preferred, 
>and, since replacing the engine a couple of months ago, had become a 
>real bear. I attributed it to a weak accelerator pump and a leaky 
>throttle shaft in one carb. Last night I put Brent's advice to the 
>test. Removed the carbs and set up the choke pull off and high-idle 
>specs exactly according to the book, and dialed in the (just as he 
>predicted) decidedly flaccid choke operation so that when cold, 
>those puppies snapped shut smartly when the throttle was opened. 
>This morning, just as he directed, I put the pedal to the metal one 
>time, removed my foot, and turned the key. The engine fired 
>immediately and came up on high idle. And kept running! I can't 
>describe how gratifying that was. Brent, you're my new hero. Those 
>of you who have rebuilt carbs repeatedly and done all the other 
>right stuff and still have hard starting, try the Covey Choke Check! 
>Get the old "pump and grind" out of the garage and back in the... 
>well, since this a family show, I'll just stop there. :-) Seriously, 
>thanks Brent. Great advice.
>
>Richard Burger

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