car stalls ehn cornering?
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Blessyouboys
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My first thought is your float valve isn't set properly.
Jason in TX
Well-known member
yup. carb is starving for some reason.. Try raising the float.
It was the float level in mine, but I thinkl mine may have been to high (I was having a problem with it stalling when I stop).
Make yourself one of these:
Read about it on Chris Pelikan's excellent site here:
http://model-a.org/fuel_sight_tube.html
Steve
Make yourself one of these:
Read about it on Chris Pelikan's excellent site here:
http://model-a.org/fuel_sight_tube.html
Steve
Dave in MN
Well-known member
Might be an intake leak
Greetings!
Check to see if you have an intake leak, worn and loose throttle shaft or a carb set up to lean or as stated in the previous post a low gas level in the bowl. Are you experiencing a back fire upon quick let-off of the accelerator from road speed? If so, you are running lean. Check the items listed above.
I have a write-up of a Technical Clinic presented to the Twin Cities Ford Model A Club regarding "Performance Tuning" of the Zenith carb. This is not an article about "Hot Rodding" the carb but rather fine tuning the carb by observing how it performs. Check it out, you may find it helpful at: www.durableperformance.net Look for it on the "Services" page.
Good Day!
Dave in MN
Greetings!
Check to see if you have an intake leak, worn and loose throttle shaft or a carb set up to lean or as stated in the previous post a low gas level in the bowl. Are you experiencing a back fire upon quick let-off of the accelerator from road speed? If so, you are running lean. Check the items listed above.
I have a write-up of a Technical Clinic presented to the Twin Cities Ford Model A Club regarding "Performance Tuning" of the Zenith carb. This is not an article about "Hot Rodding" the carb but rather fine tuning the carb by observing how it performs. Check it out, you may find it helpful at: www.durableperformance.net Look for it on the "Services" page.
Good Day!
Dave in MN
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John Voelkel
Member
It sounds like the carb is not getting enough gas. I had a problem similar to that
I had an electric fule pump that would fill the carb tank at start up but after a few
blocks of driving the engine would stop. I pulled the line from the gas tank and there
was very little gas flow. there was some sort of block so I shot a blast of air into the
tank and have not had any more problem.
John
I had an electric fule pump that would fill the carb tank at start up but after a few
blocks of driving the engine would stop. I pulled the line from the gas tank and there
was very little gas flow. there was some sort of block so I shot a blast of air into the
tank and have not had any more problem.
John
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The carb level tube is based on a slack tube MANOMETER, and is typically used to push colored water up the tube and measured with a inch ruler, results: are the natural gas pressure of an industrial gas burner. Adjusted via a gas meter or PV valve [Proportiaonal Control].
The ratio for Natural Gas [1000 btu per cuft] to air is 10:1. Gasoline [182,000 btu per gallon] to air is 14.7:1 by weight, or Propane [2800 btu per cuft]. I forget.
Gas burners for start-up usually like about 7" WC~Inch-Water Column and tweaked from there. Interesting gas flames are hottest at the tip-o-flame. While oil fired burners are hotest at the big fat middle of the flame. Any ideas why?
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The ratio for Natural Gas [1000 btu per cuft] to air is 10:1. Gasoline [182,000 btu per gallon] to air is 14.7:1 by weight, or Propane [2800 btu per cuft]. I forget.
Gas burners for start-up usually like about 7" WC~Inch-Water Column and tweaked from there. Interesting gas flames are hottest at the tip-o-flame. While oil fired burners are hotest at the big fat middle of the flame. Any ideas why?
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