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Old 07-12-2015, 05:05 PM   #10
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Default Re: Starting line hesitation

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Originally Posted by rod butcher View Post
Bob,
Is the brass plate for metering rods in place? If that slips forward when changing metering rods it will bog with spill-over. Also check choke pull-off.

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That is the problem which I had...
I did not know that it was there and, when I pulled the secondary rods to measure them to resolve a rich condition, it slipped forward.
I could not understand how a car, which ran fabulously just two weeks before, could now stall after my burnout and hesitate so bad off the line.
As it was my first experience with a Danny Ashley carb, I did not find it until I pulled the top off.
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