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Carburettor problems

Hi all,

I was wondering if any of you fellow Austin fans could lend a hand.

This evening, I decided to try and set the idling speed a bit lower on my Austin a30.

I took a screw driver and adjusted both choke/fast idle screw and the throttle stop screw on the SU carburettor.

As I turned the throttle stop screw anticlockwise, the engine idled much lower. I moved it back to its' original setting but now the engine's 'chugging' for want of a better word...spluttering in a rhythmical way; especially when accellerating and the whole engine seems to vibrate - so much so it shakes the gearstick side to side!

I can't seem to get it back to how it was now...complete novice here...made a total ass of himself, can anyone help?

Posted by highhope on 03/06/2009 00:02:38

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03/06/2009 00:02:38	419	highhope
03/06/2009 12:07:34	159	lionel
03/06/2009 16:36:44	145	van man
04/06/2009 00:00:25	144	highhope
04/06/2009 16:47:04	137	tadge44
04/06/2009 23:24:11	130	highhope
05/06/2009 18:23:28	133	tadge44
06/06/2009 08:31:14	125	lurcherman_2004
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08/06/2009 09:41:43	148	highhope
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