Dumb Q-Jet question
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Melting Slicks
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From: Montreal Qc.
Dumb Q-Jet question
Are the mixture screws supposed to be actual screws, ya know with slotted heads that you can turn with a flat screwdriver?
I just got my motor back together and now that it has a new timing chain and no vacuum leaks it of course runs WORSE than it did before, so I figure it's time to try and tune the carb. Went to turn in the mixture "screws" and they aren't screws but sort-of oval-shape-headed things. Did Bubba beat me to them or what? I'm gonna have to grind a notch into a screwdriver to turn those things....
I just got my motor back together and now that it has a new timing chain and no vacuum leaks it of course runs WORSE than it did before, so I figure it's time to try and tune the carb. Went to turn in the mixture "screws" and they aren't screws but sort-of oval-shape-headed things. Did Bubba beat me to them or what? I'm gonna have to grind a notch into a screwdriver to turn those things....
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I'm assuming you are referring to a '79.
Yes, they have funky heads on the mixture screws. I don't recall the name right offhand, but your local tool store should have them. Most come on a screwdriver with a flexible shaft. It can be kinda hard to get to with a straight shaft.
Yes, they have funky heads on the mixture screws. I don't recall the name right offhand, but your local tool store should have them. Most come on a screwdriver with a flexible shaft. It can be kinda hard to get to with a straight shaft.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Montreal Qc.
Originally Posted by nitronick
I'm assuming you are referring to a '79.
Yes, they have funky heads on the mixture screws. I don't recall the name right offhand, but your local tool store should have them. Most come on a screwdriver with a flexible shaft. It can be kinda hard to get to with a straight shaft.
Yes, they have funky heads on the mixture screws. I don't recall the name right offhand, but your local tool store should have them. Most come on a screwdriver with a flexible shaft. It can be kinda hard to get to with a straight shaft.
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Yes it's the same shape and size as a "zero" in whatever the forum default font is. I'm glad it's supposed to be like that, everything else on my car has been buggered up by the previous owner so I never know.
