Nope, that's why I disassembled it. I didn't powdercoat either the swinging "arm" or the plate. Just the outer non-moving stuff. The adjustment I was looking for was the "rest position," so thanks for describing how to do that. It appears my air flow meter plate was never calibrated correctly to begin with. Matt #1604 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxx> wrote: > > > Loosen the bolt and center the plate. Make sure as it moves it does > not touch the sides of the venturi. It is not supposed to touch the > rubber bumper. That is only there in case of a backfire. The "rest > position" is adjusted by turning the nut next to the hole for the > mixture screw. The plate should be in the center of the venturi at the > smallest point in it's diameter several mm away from the rubber stop. > I hope you did not coat the plate or the venturi. That will affect things. > David Teitelbaum > vin 10757 > > > --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Matt Spittle" <supermatty@xxxx> wrote: > > > > > > I took apart my air venturi to clean it, and that's it! > > > > OK, no, I lie. I also powdercoated it silver. Everything seems to > > have gone well, except that now I'm unsure how "centered" the air > > metering plate is supposed to be. I realize it's not supposed to > > (and can't) provide a vacuum seal with the rest of the surrounding > > assembly. > > > > Reading the archive, I determined that you can have a "too rich" > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/