Hey Folks,

I just ran out of gas but Murphy was kind to me —

I ran out of gas on the way to Royal’s house for the “best and final” tweak on the idle mixture screws.  I got within 1 mile of his house and the car started to buck and sputter — I had been trying to calibrate my gas gauge, not knowing if E was really empty.  And the gauge needle w…[Read more]

You can adjust the length of the studs to gain as n addition 2-3 threads. Try to find a couple of regular nuts that fit the studs where the oil plate mounts. (Factory nuts are “acorn style” with the bottom of the nut covered with a dome to protect the threads on the stud.)

Screw two regular nuts onto a stud, up snug against each other, without…[Read more]

The nuts catch the threads WITHOUT the washers.  Given the thickness of the washers, the nuts can’t be more than a millimeter away from catching the threads WITH the washers.  I have an extra set of nuts, so I’m going to try putting the old nuts in a vise and filing the open end down so that the threads inside the nut are closer to the end than t…[Read more]

Yay! That sounds great. I’m a big Weber fan!

Stephen, works good for me.  Thank you.

And it starts & idles well.  Strong acceleration and runs (as my grandfather used to say) “like a scared rabbit!”.

I love that story. I can see it all now…

@royal I added a ‘who’s online’ to the left sidebar. Scroll down to the bottom and let me know what you think

Update:  Getting closer to having a fine running TDr

Hey Folks —

Kentt said it was time for a status report on Emma — so here is the latest to date:

It turns out that I was working 2 problems together — tuning the used center-mount Weber IDF 40 carb and fixing the car’s habit of running hot (around 210-220 on 95 degree day with beating sun…[Read more]

Update:  Getting closer to having a fine running TDr

Hey Folks —

Kenny said it was time for a status report on Emma — so here is the latest to date:

It turns out that I was working 2 problems together — tuning the used center-mount Weber IDF 40 carb and fixing the car’s habit of running hot (around 210-220 on 95 degree day with beating sun…[Read more]

Update:  Getting closer to having a fine running TDr

Hey Folks —

Kentt said it was time for a status report on Emma — so here is the latest to date:

It turns out that I was working 2 problems together — tuning the used center-mount Weber IDF 40 carb and fixing the car’s habit of running hot (around 210-220 on 95 degree day with beating sun…[Read more]