RE: [alfa] Re: Spica problems on 74 Spider

["Brian Shorey" <bshorey@xxxxxxxxx>]

>     Hi guys.  A little more info, hoping for some bright
> ideas before I tear into it.  Symptoms: runs normal on cold
> start up, but after running to lunch a mile away and sitting
> for an hour it will barely run well enough to get me home -
> very little power, cutting out, a bit of backfiring, surging.
>  Feels like extreme lean running.  Failing fuel pump?  New
> filters and lines, clean tank.  Good TA.  Recently "tuned up"
> by knowledgeable mechanic.  Let it sit overnight, and all is
> well again in the morning on start up.  Got me stumped, tho
> that admittedly isn't too hard where Spica is concerned.
> Give me carbs or give me death!  :)  Ideas?  TIA, Ron.

Do *you* know the mechanic?  The PO's opinion of a knowledgable mechanic and
yours might differ.

Personally, I'd go through the pump adjustment procedure, it's not difficult
and only takes an hour or so.  All of the settings build one on another, if
one of the early baselines is off then you'll never get the pump running
correctly, no matter how much you dink with the visible screws.

bs
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