tarwheeler
04-24-2001, 12:49 PM
got my 88 gw home from north carolina sunday morning. thanks for the helpful tips and prayers from all who responded to my original posting.
it was an adventure, ending in the only time in my life that i ran out of gas (despite carrying a spare gas can).
i had a new carb installed before attempting the trip. didn't have time to test drive the gw before leaving nc. it ran pretty good for 600 miles then began to stall at red lights and loose throttle response. had to rev the engine with brakes applied whilr stopped to keep engine from stalling. then after releasing brakes the engine would not repond to acceleration. is this just a carb tuning problem?? does the idle need to be higher?? it starts rough then sometimes idles ok in park. when put in drive the engine wants to stall. all wires,plugs,timing,etc were new when the trip began. any ideas would be appreciated. carbs can be tricky and this one was never really tuned.
it was an adventure, ending in the only time in my life that i ran out of gas (despite carrying a spare gas can).
i had a new carb installed before attempting the trip. didn't have time to test drive the gw before leaving nc. it ran pretty good for 600 miles then began to stall at red lights and loose throttle response. had to rev the engine with brakes applied whilr stopped to keep engine from stalling. then after releasing brakes the engine would not repond to acceleration. is this just a carb tuning problem?? does the idle need to be higher?? it starts rough then sometimes idles ok in park. when put in drive the engine wants to stall. all wires,plugs,timing,etc were new when the trip began. any ideas would be appreciated. carbs can be tricky and this one was never really tuned.