One more question regarding K-Fish

[Guest Anonymous]

My car has been running very rich, idleing fast at cold start until warm (about 1800rpm), and after it's at normal running temp, the cold start valve extends to the proper 10mm but the part that is attached to the shaft that comes out of the back of the pump doesn't touch the stop screw.(The top I'm taking about is the little screw with the small yellow plastic cover on it that you never mess with).At operating temp, with the cold start fully extended it's suppose to rest on the stop...mine doesn't. It's a couple mm's above it and can't be pushed down causing the car to run in a rich condition. The mechanic that is looking at it says he wants to remove the rear of the pump to see what's hanging up. Is that ok..to open the pump housing? Suggestions?

[Guest Anonymous]

When your car is up to full running temp, adjust the tophat washer and 10mm nut so that they just touch the actuating lever and then back it out 2 complete turns. LEt it sit for the night and let the engine completely cool down. Next day, While the car is warming manipulate that same actuating lever that is connected to the 10mm rod/tophat. Pry it up or down with a screwdriver to see if your idle smooths out or gets worse. You can toy with it either way. You can tell if it is running rich or lean this way. Adjust it to smooth out the idle and voila! you should be in business. Have you checked your linkages and synchronised pump to throttle body and pump to firewall? set the timing? adjusted the valves?After the car has fully warmed up, feel the start valve inlet IN the throttle body with a finger and check for any type of gas leak. If you find any wetness on your finger, your start valve is culprit of staying on and richening your mixture. I would check these before letting your mechanic needlessly take your warm up regulator off. If it was binding on something, you could see it without having to take it off. And it is extending its full length, so there should be nothing wrong with it. E-mail me if you need more tips or go and buy the restoration guide by Mike McCartney. Well worth the money and his tii tune up advice is simply explained and easy to follow. You can save yourself a ton of money if you do it yourself too!

Cheers!

David