Re: Starting is such sweet sorrow

["David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxx>]

Some things to check:
Make sure there is a plug in the hole over the mixture screw in the
mixture unit.
The control pressure regulater could be bad
The mixture screw could be way out of adjustment
The throttle plates not returned all the way to idle.
Large vacuum leak
No electrical power at the control pressure regulater and-or cold
start system
You should also check to make sure you have a nice blue spark. A bad
connection at the ballast resistors could cause a hard start.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "freakybeetle" <freakybeetle@xxxx> wrote:
> I have spent the last few weeks getting my DMC tuned up after years 
> of not being driven. The car gets better every time I work on it, but 
> there is still something that I haven't been able to work out. The 
> car is almost impossible to get started with out using starting 
> fluid. It has a new fuel pump, fuel filter, and cold start valve. I 
> doesn't matter if the engine has been sitting for days or immediate 
> turned over after turning it off, the car just won't fire by itself. 
> It also has new plugs, plug wires, distributor, rotor, and the rest 
> of a normal tune up kit. I have tried bypassing the thermo sensor 
> that controls when the cold start fires, but still no luck. Any ideas 
> or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I would really like to 
> take the car to the SEDOC cruise in this month. 
> 
> Thanks, 
> 
> Jai 
> 2812