Inspect your carburetor accelerator linkage and the secondary lockout
feature to verify that all is adjusted correctly. When you floor the
accelerator pedal, the primary side should be wide open, and if you block
the choke in the full open "warm" position, the secondaries should begin to
open around half throttle, and also be fully open when you hit the floor.
Also, make sure the transmission kickdown linkage is set per the manual.
Since someone has been changing carburetors, all these things need to be
checked and made right for the car to run right, and in addition, the
transmission can be damage if the kickdown linkage isn't set up right.
This is all easy to do, but you must follow the manual to do it right.
Dick Benjamin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt Hopkins" <mhoppy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 7:11 PM
Subject: IML: 66 Choke pull off success and another question
> Thanks for all the help last week with the choke pull off. I ended up
> getting one from Frank Mitchell and believe it or not the part arrived the
> next day even, delivered to my mechanic. Runs great. The pull off makes a
> huge difference and also it didn't help that fast idle was on backwards
> according to my mechanic. I've had this car since May 99 and it has never
> run better.
>
> Now one remaining question- When you floor it the power just isn't there.
I
> don't think my man took it out on a highway and it doesn't move like a 440
> should. What needs to be checked? Even though I wouldn't do this on a
> regular basis, I want it to git it when necessary. My 75 really moves and
I
> would think the 66 would be even better. Who has driven both and could
> compare?
>
> Matt Hopkins
> 66 Crown 4DR
> 75 Lebaron Crown Coupe
> 92 Imperial
>
>
>
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