Hallo,
The beast (76 NYB) is finally back on the road after a long drawn out
winter that apparently isn't gone yet since it's snowing right now.
Anyway today was the car's mini tune-up, it got plugs, a dist cap and
rotor. The plugs weren't fouled this year which made me very happy (go
Autolite # 86!). I had it out yesterday and I wasn't totally convinced
that the secondaries were opening, I had accleration, but no real surge
forward when I gave it some gas. So I let it warm up today for a bit in
the garage, pulled back the throttle; the secondaries stayed shut. So I
gave it a little longer to warm up, pushed back the throttle, POP!
There wasn't much of a flash, but the sound was definitely loud. The
flash (more like a bright spark) seemed to come from the very front
corner of the carb, and it distracted me enough that I still don't know
if the secondaries opened, hehehe. So the moral of the story is my sad
remainder of a carburettor has given me more reason to rebuild, and
NEVER look down a carb when playing. I wasn't, and I'm glad in case the
pop had turned into something more.
James
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