Replaced coil - now engine idles at 2500 rpm !?

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Re: Replaced coil - now engine idles at 2500 rpm !?

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David Jones wrote: Thu Jun 23, 2022 2:36 pm One side would be pulling and the other side pushing. Make your choice.
Huh. Both sides have a pushrod. Once a throttle lever is on its idle stop, pulling is futile. But I'm sure I'm stuck thinking inside the box here.
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You can still pull, it just don't move.
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David Jones wrote: Thu Jun 23, 2022 3:32 pm You can still pull, it just don't move.
Agreed. But then only a "push" can screw up what was a sound idle.

That's why I have suggested, when syncing carbs "off idle", to shorten the high-volume side's rod rather then lengthen the low-volume side's. Then idle sync cannot be disturbed, only extra upstream linkage take-up introduced.
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Not disagreeing it's just too hot to work outside so you have to put up with me surfing and commenting.
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Talking of synching carbs, here's my lazy way to do my Zeniths.
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David Jones wrote: Thu Jun 23, 2022 4:35 pm Not disagreeing it's just too hot to work outside so you have to put up with me surfing and commenting.
Surf's up!
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David Jones - I assume the 'lazy way' to sync Zenith carbs with the filter can attached involves your 'yet to be patented' flat disc adapter ?
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#24 Post by David Jones »

No John, I have a synchrometer that fits the Zeniths inlet. Picture will be added later. That disc was for my original synchrometer that needed an adapter.
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I have always taken the can off, now I realize that’s not necessary. Doh!
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David Jones wrote: Fri Jun 24, 2022 5:36 am No John, I have a synchrometer that fits the Zeniths inlet. Picture will be added later.
I'm eager to see that.
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#27 Post by David Jones »

Sychrometer with adapter. Not the good SK version that I dropped and broke but an Amazon replacement that appears to work just as well.
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David Jones wrote: Fri Jun 24, 2022 6:53 pm Sychrometer with adapter. Not the good SK version that I dropped and broke but an Amazon replacement that appears to work just as well.
That one shown says "SK" on it, is it ersatz, a fugazi as it were?
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Yes it is, I took a chance on the cheaper one and it appears to work OK.
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David Jones wrote: Fri Jun 24, 2022 9:05 pm Yes it is, I took a chance on the cheaper one and it appears to work OK.
Ok, here's how clueless I am. I've got one just like yours, with the adapter and all. I bought it cheap, hoping it would match the readings of my original one (which says "Made In Germany" and has a tiny oval logo "STE"). I bought it decades ago from Stoddard I think. Anyway, while the cheap one works, its readings don't track the old one's, and I doubt there's a way to adjust them. I was hoping to use two at a time to avoid having to shift one between carbs many times. Long shot, oh well.
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