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by socalcorvair63
Sat Sep 16, 2017 1:10 am
Forum: Ask your Mechanical Questions here
Topic: Potential valve problem
Replies: 2
Views: 896

Potential valve problem

I'm having a problem with my 1963 monza coupe. I noticed a while back that there was some popping in the exhaust that sounded like a potential valve issue, but thought nothing of it because the motor had good compression (lowest was 130 psi in cylinder 1) and it ran pretty well, despite having some ...
by socalcorvair63
Sat Sep 09, 2017 7:34 pm
Forum: Ask your Mechanical Questions here
Topic: Carb trouble after adjustment
Replies: 2
Views: 902

Re: Carb trouble after adjustment

It sounds like the idle jet may be plugged. (It's a really small orifice). Sometimes you can unplug it by: Remove the mixture screw, blow a little toot of compressed air into the idle mixture screw hole. (Guard your eyes, fuel sprays up out of the air horn). This process will usually clear the jet....
by socalcorvair63
Sat Sep 09, 2017 5:23 pm
Forum: Ask your Mechanical Questions here
Topic: Carb trouble after adjustment
Replies: 2
Views: 902

Carb trouble after adjustment

Hello everyone, Im having a carb problem with my 63 monza coupe. I was syncing and tuning the carbs, and after adjusting the mixture screws to the 1 1/2 turns out from seated that I have told is the best place to start when adjusting them, the passenger side carb stopped responding to mixture screw ...

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