<VV> Help - Engine runs worse than before!

[Bill H.]

                                       B"H

That's right Harry.  I sprayed both carbs and only the left one caused a change in the idle.

It sppears George Young's web site is not there anymore.  I do have his phone number however...Bill


--- On Wed, 11/30/11, Harry Yarnell <hyarnell1 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> From: Harry Yarnell <hyarnell1 at earthlink.net>
> Subject: RE: <VV> Help - Engine runs worse than before!
> To: "'Bill H.'" <gojoe283 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Date: Wednesday, November 30, 2011, 7:03 PM
> No. Gaps at the choke shaft don't
> have any effect.
> BUT, this is an interesting test. I assume you did this to
> the right carb,
> with no real change, right?
> Sounds like something's not right (lean) in the left carb.
> 
> Disconnect the chock pulloffs and read vacuum at those
> ports; what do you
> get?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill H. [mailto:gojoe283 at yahoo.com]
> 
> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 6:55 PM
> To: Harry Yarnell
> Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: RE: <VV> Help - Engine runs worse than
> before!
> 
>                
>                
>             B"H
> 
> Harry, scratch the coil thing.  I forget that you have
> to switch the
> selector to 1K.  I got a reasonable reading.
> 
> When I sprayed carb cleaner against the choke shaft on the
> left carb, the
> enging sped up and smoothed out.
> 
> Could that be a worn choke shaft?  You can see a small
> gap where the shaft
> meets the carb body.
> 
> Thanks...Bill
> 
> 
> 
>