| Hi all, I recently mentioned that my 83 retrofitted to carb stays on fast idle a long time and tends to run rough while warming up. (Carter BBD, 8381S) When I mentioned that I had forgotten to hook up the choke heater once, and I could barely keep it running, Dick B mentioned that it should have run BETTER w/o the heater hooked up. Well, I checked and rechecked the settings, and all seemed OK until I realized that the choke vacuum pull-off setting is shown being done WITHOUT the choke heater hooked up. I checked the setting w/o the heater attached and wow, was it off. It was WAY to far open. I readjusted the setting (1/8 inch, with vacuum applied) and THEN hooked up the heater. What a noticeable difference! It runs MUCH smoother initially and seems to have a lot more power and doesn't stumble much. At least those are my first impressions. It was like a different car. (Still has the Chrysler 'clank!' into gear though.) Now I have to figure out why it still stumbles on acceleration when warmed up. Dan Wing Imp1983@xxxxxxx Marcy, NY, USA |
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