Re: [T3] Solex's and Idle speed

["Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 18 Oct 2001, at 0:00, Russ Wolfe wrote:

> I have never had problems with the T-3 carbs not holding an idle speed. I 
> would be more suspicious of the distributor not returning to the same timing 
> point every time. It only takes a couple degrees of timing change to change 
> the idle a couple hundred rpm. If you have both mechanical and vac. advance, 
> I would suspect the mechanical sticking.

Russ has a very good point here. A little stickyness in the mech 
advance is common. They can be worked over to make them silky 
smooth, but a few decades of neglect often leaves them in poor 
condition.

For example, how many of you know where on your mech adv dist 
you are supposed to put a drop of oil periodically?

-
Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI 53711-3054
USA

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