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| dumbjim |
 Oct 11 2020, 12:24 PM
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I have a 74 2l with dual weber 40 idf carbs. I took it upon myself to try and adjust them. I closed air bypass screws, turned the idle screw 1/2 turn in after initial contact, and backed out mixture screw one turn after lightly seating it. I also disconnected the linkage. I now can't get my car to start. What would be my next step? Thanks in advance.
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| nditiz1 |
Oct 11 2020, 01:42 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,238 Joined: 26-May 15 From: Mount Airy, Maryland Member No.: 18,763 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region 
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You can screw the idle screws in further. The only thing that will do is increase your idle (make it faster). I can't remember the air bypass settings but those almost never need to be touched. They are used to keep each barrel on a single carb pulling the same.
Once you get it running. Adjust the carbs are pulling the same with the snail gauge using the idle speed adjusters. At the same time setting the correct idle ~1000rpm. Then you will move to the air/fuel screws. Slowy adjusting each barrel by listening and getting the fastest idle. Too much either way it will stumble so find the happy middle. |
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| Red76 |
Oct 11 2020, 01:45 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 37 Joined: 28-December 16 From: East Tennessee Member No.: 20,703 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(dumbjim @ Oct 11 2020, 12:24 PM)  I have a 74 2l with dual weber 40 idf carbs. I took it upon myself to try and adjust them. I closed air bypass screws, turned the idle screw 1/2 turn in after initial contact, and backed out mixture screw one turn after lightly seating it. I also disconnected the linkage. I now can't get my car to start. What would be my next step? Thanks in advance. Jim, No offense intended here but what you have written so far seems like maybe a typo. If its all correct you should first reset the carbs to where they were when you started. (Undo what you did). Then try to start the car. If that works then maybe you can find a YouTube video that explains how to synchronize your carbs. Good luck! |
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| Gint |
Oct 11 2020, 03:00 PM
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Mike Ginter Group: Admin Posts: 16,096 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Denver CO. Member No.: 20 Region Association: Rocky Mountains  |
Have a look at Perry's sync how to on post 12 of this thread: http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?s=&...t&p=2855310
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| michael7810 |
Oct 11 2020, 05:50 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,082 Joined: 6-June 11 From: Scottsdale, AZ Member No.: 13,164 Region Association: Southwest Region
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I should run with your base settings. Maybe with the linkage disconnected you’re not able to actuate the accelerator pumps to get it started?? Below is a pdf file with pretty good instructions for tuning Weber’s.
Carb_Tuning.pdf ( 2.93mb )
Number of downloads: 60 |
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