Off idle hesitation - solved

Seems a litle high relative to factory. Lemme look in the FSM. Don't think that alone should be a cause though.


And forgive me if this sounds too basic,; Was the timing and idle set with the vacuum advance disconnected?

That's a good clue its not the accel pump but the something more basic. Fuel level is the only one I don't think has been brought up yet.

Sadly. No. And I can't even give you an approximate what to look for on the Stromberg. However I agree that knowing that the idle stop screw is only 1/2 turn does suggest that this is not the issue. Putting this together with the timing and idle speed it may be that the timing needs to be reduced and the throttle position opened. I mean a little. Let me look up the factory spec before I speculate more on this.

I think 750 is correct idle as per FSM.

Timing and idle were set with vacuum advance disconnected.

I haven’t confirmed the float level is correct. I have to remove the carb for that, which I haven’t done yet.

I tried reducing the timing to 2.5 and opening the throttle position but the hesitation was still there off idle.