[tcb] Re: ANYONE HAVE A SPARE PICT 34 CARB TO test with?
- From: Mark Sawyer <mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:23:09 -0800 (PST)
Sure, Katrina and I can go heads up on Chili.
Eric Woodall <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: LOL
So, are we going to have an Iron Chef Off at the Bulli Gras?
We could get Denis to 5 finger discount some Truffles...
> But according to Denis, It's Intake Leek.
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> Eric Woodall wrote: Can you say, I'm being a bigger
> smarta****?
> ;-O
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>> Can you say, I'm being a smarta****.
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>> Eric Woodall wrote: How could there not be?
>> Can you say, Intake Leak?
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>> Mark Sawyer wrote:
>>> There's suppose to be a gasket under the carb? Hmmmm.
>>>
>>> */Dan Martin /* wrote:
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>>> I had it bolted down so tight that the gasket was plugging the by
>>> pass on the bottom flange.
>>> Colin flipped the gasket over and torqued the carb down to spec and
>>> all is well.
>>>
>>> On Jan 12, 2007, at 10:46 AM, Eric Woodall wrote:
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>>> > You might ask Dan Martin about the idle issue.
>>> > He has having problems also, and at Transporters At the Point he
>>> > had Colin
>>> > fix his. Had something going on on the right side of the carb?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >> The last good carb we had went on Mark J.'s bus. we were having
>>> >> the same
>>> >> problem with not wanting to idle. had nothing to do with the
>>> >> dizzy. it was
>>> >> all carb problems. I have a rebuild kit in the garage for a PICT
>>> >> 34 if you
>>> >> want to clean and rebuild it.
>>> >>
>>> >> Trey Jung wrote: Ok, bus has been running ok
>>> >> these
>>> >> last few weeks but yesterday driving home the bus stopped wanting
>>> >> to idle.
>>> >>
>>> >> Symptoms: Coming up to a red light or stop sign as I am braking
>>> >> the oil
>>> >> light flicks in and off , oil pressure is dropping down to 0 in
>>> >> relationship to the the tach dropping to zero (bus dies) have to
>>> >> keep
>>> >> foot on gas pedal to try and keep the idle at 1100 or 1200.... not
>>> >> good.
>>> >>
>>> >> I pulled the Pict 34 and blew out the jets and gas.. remounted it.
>>> >> Fuel
>>> >> filter looks good, replaced it 2 months ago when i had the same
>>> >> problem.....
>>> >>
>>> >> the common denominator here is like 2 months ago the dizzy was
>>> >> loose (the
>>> >> clamp came loose back then and I thought hey its just the dizzy
>>> >> moved) I
>>> >> bought a new "made in china" clamp from Kermit and it came
>>> loose too
>>> >> yesterday , tighten it down and the bolt snapped, might have to
>>> >> buy one of
>>> >> those nice aluminum blue ones for $30 clams...
>>> >>
>>> >> Anyone I reset the dizzy in the engine last night and it still
>>> >> wont idle
>>> >> (no clamp to hold it down) but the dizzy doesn't pop out like
>>> >> you'd think
>>> >> it would (the chatter spring is in there)
>>> >>
>>> >> so if anyone in Houston has a pict 34 i can borrow and throw on
>>> >> the engine
>>> >> to test this weekend that would be great...
>>> >>
>>> >> Trey
>>> >>
>>> >> 713-501-7963
>>> >>
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