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Old 03-30-2020, 08:02 AM   #1
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operating the original A ,engine dies when coming to a quick stop . haven`t uncovered the reason , idle good, carb taken apart and cleaned , dist reworked. Any ideas would be appreciated, thanks, steve
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Old 03-30-2020, 08:05 AM   #2
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What carb are you using?
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Old 03-30-2020, 08:23 AM   #3
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If its a Zenith carb a precise float level adjustment cures this issue.
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Old 03-30-2020, 08:25 AM   #4
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Old 03-30-2020, 08:38 AM   #5
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Lower the float level about 1/16" or so.

This is a known issue.

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Old 03-30-2020, 08:44 AM   #6
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When you say lower. With the carb upside down are you bringing the float down towards the housing?
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Old 03-30-2020, 09:19 AM   #7
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jim in ga send me your e-mail steve
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Old 03-30-2020, 09:37 AM   #8
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Old 03-30-2020, 09:54 AM   #9
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Model A losing idle upon Deceleration :
Over the years, I have had trouble with various A engines dying out during a fast stop. I would question the float or something else in the carb. And I was never sure what cured it, if anything did. Many times, people would just increase the idle speed and keep driving it.
I think I have figured out at least one thing that can cause this problem.
If the carb. flange, or the intake manifold flange is warped, a leak can occur between the two flanges. This air leak is insignificant at road load, but at idle, it can be a large percentage of the total air going into the engine. I always thought that an air leak here would cause a squeal. Sometimes it does, but my last two occasions of this problem gave no sound at all.
To fix it, simply take a large file and clean up the two surfaces until they are shiny over the entire flange surface, then put on a new gasket and install the carb. I have done this twice recently and the problem went away. Try it if you have this problem.
You don’t have to take the intake manifold off to do this. Use a mirror and a light to see the manifold flange and file it until it is flat. The heat is very hard on the gasket and the flatness of the two flanges. They don’t stay flat over time.
Other things that can cause a tiny air leak down stream of the throttle blade are a cracked intake manifold or a break in the manifold gasket. These, both can be very hard to find.
While at a constant road speed, the float level in the carb stays fairly level with the fuel right up near the tips of the jets. As you decelerate, the fuel in the carb. all moves forward which means that the level of the fuel in the jets is a little lower. This should cause a little leanness, so a slight air leak at the flange, or anywhere, hurts even more.
If your car was running good last year, or recently, and this problem occurs, don’t start taking your carb. apart and changing things. The float level did not magically change, and I doubt that your carb. suddenly got plugged up.
Look for an air leak. Jack Bahm 2019
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Old 03-30-2020, 10:16 AM   #10
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Old 03-30-2020, 10:19 AM   #11
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To adjust the float; you don't bend the tab you shim the float valve up or down as needed. To lower the float; you would be moving the valve down away from the top by adding a fiber type shim washer under the valve. This can be done by taking off the bottom and removing the float and valve with the carb still attached to the manifold.
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Old 03-30-2020, 11:53 AM   #12
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I had this problem, drove me nuts. Ended up I had wireless plates in the distributor. The mechanical wireless connection after time was not good enough. Went back to original design plates, problem solved.


Do not know if true, but only thing I can think of is as the generator wound down and battery voltage dropped I got too much voltage drop across the wireless connection and caused poor spark. I know sounds weird, all I know is replacing the plates/setup worked.
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