Re: 1938 Super 8 1605 - adventures with a newbie

Posted by kevinpackard On 2023/8/16 9:44:39

My issue is the manual doesn't specify what the correct idle speed is. And I haven't really figured out how the speed is adjusted on the carb. All the pictures I've seen of Super 8 carbs look very similar to how mine is set up, so I don't think it's missing any pieces.

I realized before I drove last night that I had forgotten to hook up the vacuum lines to the fuel pump. Once I did that the idle dropped from 1000 to about 600, but I can't seem to adjust it from there. Still runs rough.

The timing gun was flashing so fast it was nearly solid. I couldn't get a reading from it.

Kev - I'll check the vac advance again. I checked it before and it was fine, but that may have changed.

-Kevin