Luke's carb woes

[jeff tarquinio <tarquinio_jeff@domain.elided>]

Luke,
	I've got the same problem, but not to the same degree of severity.  I 
would guess that your not flooding, but just the opposite.  You mat the 
pedal and a rush of air gets sucked in, if the mix doesnt suddenly increase 
you basically run out of gas leaning it out, hence the advent of an 
acclerator pump.  The accelarator pump dumps a quick shot of fuel into the 
throat of the carb for a sudden rich mixture to compensate for the sudden 
increase in air flow.  If your carb was flooding, you could check the plugs 
for moisture i.e gas.  If your problem is more like I explain, then your 
engine will probably rev up if you slowly push down the pedal and open  the 
butterflys, avoiding a the sudden increase in air in the mix which 
effectively leans out the mix too much for engine to run.  It picks right 
up again when you let off because the mixture is back to being rich enough 
for the engine to run.
	What I'm TRYING to say is, rebuild the F*#@!^% thing, and make sure 
the accelerator pump works bench side before puttin' back on the T-all!  
Hope this makes sense, I was never good in English, that's why I'm an 
engineer.;)
Layda,
Tark '77 Terra 345/T19/D20