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kwisor · 12-26-2015, 05:09 AM

hello
my 23 has just started to act up for the last 10 years it has always started up fine but now the only way it will start is I have to use starting fluid and then it starts and runs fine till it sits a couple of days any ideas on what to look at
thank you
kevin wisor
1923 model t roadster p/u
1930 model a tudor

CharlieB · 12-26-2015, 08:42 AM

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Could this be a choke that's not operating/closing? The fact that it keeps running after a spray seems to eliminate a fuel delivery or flow problem. Sounds like the Carb itself.

12-26-2015, 05:09 AM	#1
kwisor Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: lexington sc Posts: 456	1923 roaster starting problem hello my 23 has just started to act up for the last 10 years it has always started up fine but now the only way it will start is I have to use starting fluid and then it starts and runs fine till it sits a couple of days any ideas on what to look at thank you kevin wisor 1923 model t roadster p/u 1930 model a tudor

12-26-2015, 08:42 AM	#2
CharlieB Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Toms River N.J. Posts: 515	Re: 1923 roaster starting problem Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Could this be a choke that's not operating/closing? The fact that it keeps running after a spray seems to eliminate a fuel delivery or flow problem. Sounds like the Carb itself.