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tweety

tweety

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79 1500 midget with zs carb.

I just bought an Ebay carb to cannibalize (choke housing and manual choke mainly) As an added bonus, it has the foam air filter setup (the half jelly bean shaped one)

Is there anything special I need to know about this thing??? Does it need to be oiled like a K&N? Do I really just wash it every once in awhile?
 
John Twist of University Motors, who knows more about Zeniths than anybody has a right to, is adamant on this point. Don't use any air filter but the original one on a Zenith. It's just too sensitive to air leaks. The Z-S is so persnickety about air balance on both sides of the carb, that the additional airflow of an aftermarket filter will drop the air pressure enough to throw your mix way out of whack. (Or something like that--constant depression carburetters are a magical mystery to me. I found trying to get my Zenith to work right just left ME "constantly depressed") :smile:
 
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