<VV> Exercise those secondaries...

[Shaun McGarvey]

I found while driving a '66 140 it was necessary to manually open the 
secondaries EVERY DAY to break the varnish that would stick the throttle 
plates closed. The spring loaded linkage couldn't do it.

yea, Vairily ... Shaun

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Grant Young" <gyoungwolf at earthlink.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 9:47 AM
Subject: <VV> Exercise those secondaries...


> Gentlemen with 140's..be sure to put your foot in it every now and then. I 
> just completed rebuilding a pair of 1966 secondary carbs where I had to 
> remove the machining rivets and DRILL out the caked in fuel residue (even 
> after a cleaning dip) under the main jets and in the pump housings. And, 
> these carbs were on a running freshly rebuilt engine on which the 
> rebuilder apparently had no concern about the fuel system. The owner 
> brought the car by because it had less power than he felt it should. The 
> first clue was that the secondary carb throttle levers didn't move at WOT. 
> The second clue was that once the throttle shafts were cleaned up and the 
> carbs opened, there was NO power at WOT. Even with fuel prices like they 
> are, secondary carbs are another one of those things that if you don't use 
> 'em, you lose 'em.
> The Carbmeister
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