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REByar · 02-25-2017, 12:00 AM

I have a 1928 Tudor. The idle is too high. If I lower it, it will easily go into first gear. But when I have to come to a stop the engine will die. Like it has run out of gas. I can move up the idle but then I grind the gears to get it into first. But it will run fine and if I have to stop the engine will not die. I have adjusted the advance a little but that does not seem to make any difference. I have had the car about 3 years. Soon after I purchased it I cleaned out the gas tank, cleaned and sealed the iron sed bowl and installed new fuel lines and installed a rebuilt Zenith carb. I had the engine rebuilt about 9 months ago. Before the rebuild sometimes if the engine had been running more than 20 min this would not always be a problem. I could get the idle set for the most part. But since the engine rebuild it is a problem all the time. I am sure it is an adjustment issue but I just do not know what to adjust. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
REB

02-25-2017, 12:00 AM	#1
REByar Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Ft.Mill, south carolina Posts: 52	Idle adjustment problem I have a 1928 Tudor. The idle is too high. If I lower it, it will easily go into first gear. But when I have to come to a stop the engine will die. Like it has run out of gas. I can move up the idle but then I grind the gears to get it into first. But it will run fine and if I have to stop the engine will not die. I have adjusted the advance a little but that does not seem to make any difference. I have had the car about 3 years. Soon after I purchased it I cleaned out the gas tank, cleaned and sealed the iron sed bowl and installed new fuel lines and installed a rebuilt Zenith carb. I had the engine rebuilt about 9 months ago. Before the rebuild sometimes if the engine had been running more than 20 min this would not always be a problem. I could get the idle set for the most part. But since the engine rebuild it is a problem all the time. I am sure it is an adjustment issue but I just do not know what to adjust. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks REB