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Topic: Carb Wires?
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65_302
Gearhead Posts: 239
From: Bixby, OK
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 11-22-2002 12:38 PM
   
I was talking to a guy today about our richness problem and he asked me if I had checked the "wires". When I said not to my knowledge what are wires, he said he just heard it somewhere. Anyone know what he is talking about?
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steve'66
Gearhead Posts: 6522
From: Sonoma,CA,USA
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 11-22-2002 01:45 PM
Electric choke?
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65_302
Gearhead Posts: 239
From: Bixby, OK
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 11-22-2002 01:57 PM
No choke. He talked like it was a inside the carb somewhere.
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 33371
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 11-22-2002 02:03 PM
I think they ground the muffler bearings.  ------------------
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Just Strokin
Gearhead Posts: 754
From: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Registered: Dec 2001
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posted 11-22-2002 02:07 PM
I would think he is asking you if you have checked your plug wires to make sure they are okay.------------------
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69 Sportsroof
Gearhead Posts: 1202
From: Valley, Alabama, USA
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 11-22-2002 02:58 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Just Strokin:
I would think he is asking you if you have checked your plug wires to make sure they are okay.
Let us hope this is the case. 
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johnmustang
Gearhead Posts: 4235
From: Vancouver Island , British Columbia , Canada
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 11-22-2002 04:05 PM
I can not believe that you guy`s don,t know what he is talking about , with all the gearheads on this site I am amazed. It is the wire that runs through the base of the carb down to the cam and winds up real tight , then when you hit it out of the hole it launch`s your car to give you fantastic 60 and 1/8 times. You just have to be very careful when you back up to re-tighten the wire , so that it does not snap off the base of the carb and get tangled in the crank , this will cause you to run like a chebbie , and , causes all the pinging you hear in a motor , and , you thought it was pre-ignition JOHN  ------------------
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Moneymaker
Administrator Posts: 19704
From: Lyons, IL, USA
Registered: May 99
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posted 11-22-2002 04:10 PM
The only car ever made that I know of which uses special wiring in the carburator is a Rolls Canardly. I believe that they were onlyproduced in Canada. ------------------
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steve'66
Gearhead Posts: 6522
From: Sonoma,CA,USA
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 11-22-2002 04:20 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Moneymaker:
The only car ever made that I know of which uses special wiring in the carburator is a Rolls Canardly. I believe that they were onlyproduced in Canada.
I 'Canardly' believe it. 
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Dave_C
Gearhead Posts: 744
From: Gadsden, Al
Registered: Aug 99
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posted 11-22-2002 05:36 PM
The guy was prob talking about using a piece of wire (like a section of paper clip) in the idle feed well of your metering blocks. It's a trick I've seen in some magazines, but never tried. Supposed to help with idle control issues if turning the mixture screws has no effect. Later,
David Cole
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65_302
Gearhead Posts: 239
From: Bixby, OK
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 11-22-2002 08:33 PM
You guys are funny. I like the wire to the cam bit And the muffler bearings were bad too, so he said I should get the next bigger size  I finally got to him again and what he was talking about was using different size wires to clean out certain passages on the carb and metering blocks. He didn't present it like that the first time we talked. Anyway.............it was good for a laugh or two.
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V8 Thumper
Gearhead Posts: 3467
From: Orange, Ca. United States of America
Registered: Dec 2001
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posted 11-22-2002 09:06 PM
quote:
Originally posted by SteveLaRiviere:
I think they ground the muffler bearings.
Are those anything like the left-handed smoke shifters?  ------------------
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itlbrnmoff
Gearhead Posts: 746
From: Indianapolis,IN.USA
Registered: Nov 2002
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posted 11-23-2002 09:45 PM
HA-HA-HA-HA-HA...
ROTFFLMAO....
Is that the same as those darn powerbands? quote:
Originally posted by johnmustang:
I can not believe that you guy`s don,t know what he is talking about , with all the gearheads on this site I am amazed. It is the wire that runs through the base of the carb down to the cam and winds up real tight , then when you hit it out of the hole it launch`s your car to give you fantastic 60 and 1/8 times. You just have to be very careful when you back up to re-tighten the wire , so that it does not snap off the base of the carb and get tangled in the crank , this will cause you to run like a chebbie , and , causes all the pinging you hear in a motor , and , you thought it was pre-ignition JOHN
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306 T-5 3.45 gear
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Big D
Gearhead Posts: 3680
From: WELLS, NEVADA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 11-24-2002 12:48 AM
John,,I think I broke my carb wire the other night,, winding it out through all 5 gears..
Now I have a big time miss.. ------------------
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65_302
Gearhead Posts: 239
From: Bixby, OK
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 11-25-2002 08:50 AM
Don,You sure it wasn't your cam return spring that broke? James
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