Re: 1931 Tudor. Carburetor adjusting rod not turning
The GAV on my '30 is really, really hard to turn. It is so tight that I swore it was fully closed all summer (while also trying to figure out why the car was running way too rich), but eventually I found out that it was still nearly a full turn open. I've had the whole thing apart twice down by the carb, and everything seems fine and turns easily when apart, but when it gets put back together I have to use a ridiculous amount of force to get it to turn inside the car. I still haven't figured it out. But, at least for now, I finally know where closed is and now I just kinda keep it about 1/4 open all the time so I don't need to mess with it much, and the car runs a lot better now. Eventually, it would be nice to figure out what's wrong with it (and I also don't want to break it by having to crank on it so hard).
Is there something inside this mechanism that should be lubricated to make it turn easier?
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