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Jack_Long
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I spent the last couple of evenings fooling with the 73 Midget I just found and am happy to report that it is up and running just fine after a long sleep.
I changed the oil and filter, added a new gas filter, charged the battery, cleaned and gapped the spark plugs, checked the points, put a couple gallons of fresh gas in it and it started almost right away. It ran a bit ragged at first - would idle OK but had a high speed miss. I then ran about a half pint of Seafoam through the primary throttle of the Weber, shut it off and let it cook a little bit.
Then I installed a set of decent NGK plugs left over from my B and fired it up. After the smoke cleared it was idling smooth as silk at about 850 rpm and revs cleanly all the way up. It starts immediately upon twisting the key.
I have it up on jackstands and ran it up and down through the gears - seems to work just fine but 1st gear seems really noisy to me, at least as compared to my B. I know these are non-synchro but is this normal? I have not yet changed the trans fluid - just checked the level and it was down a bit. Do any of you recommend any additives for the trans or just 20W-50?
I changed the oil and filter, added a new gas filter, charged the battery, cleaned and gapped the spark plugs, checked the points, put a couple gallons of fresh gas in it and it started almost right away. It ran a bit ragged at first - would idle OK but had a high speed miss. I then ran about a half pint of Seafoam through the primary throttle of the Weber, shut it off and let it cook a little bit.
Then I installed a set of decent NGK plugs left over from my B and fired it up. After the smoke cleared it was idling smooth as silk at about 850 rpm and revs cleanly all the way up. It starts immediately upon twisting the key.
I have it up on jackstands and ran it up and down through the gears - seems to work just fine but 1st gear seems really noisy to me, at least as compared to my B. I know these are non-synchro but is this normal? I have not yet changed the trans fluid - just checked the level and it was down a bit. Do any of you recommend any additives for the trans or just 20W-50?
