[VB] Carb adjustment help

[Jamie]

"blowing black smoke"

That is the big signal ,,, the choke is stuck closed... there is ferret nest 
in your air intake breather,, you put diesel in the tank,, you topped up the 
tank with 2-stroke gas.... the gas has turned to varnish in your tank 
sitting there from last year!  A jet vibrated out,, altho BSA carbs do that, 
I don't think a Solex can loose a jet.. that lets in tooo much fuel.

something is causing a lot of excess fuel or .. it is burning oil.... the 
100 psi compression is border line ... could an oil ring[s] be bad... what 
is the oil consumption.

speaking of last year,,, I soooo enjoyed HCBF 2014  i was sure I would 
return for 2015... and really missed the great time this year...  hopefully 
2016 !

----- Original Message ----- 

> Carb adjustment help
> Bus: 71 camper
> Engine 1600 SP
> 009 dizzy
> Condition: running rich and black smoke.
>
>
> Last week I made to HCBF by a hair. 10 mpg and Cwis Slaymaker behind me
> says I am "blowing black smoke". Poor power on hills, 2nd gear a few pulls
> where Cwis said he only needed 3rd.
>
> Replaced plug wires, condenser, plugs, cap, rotor (tune up).  Set dwell at
> 50, had to set points at .013  to get dwell right. Timing set to 5 degrees
> BTDC static, advance looks good at 29 degrees at 3000 + rpm. Plugs gaps
> set. Compression 100 all around .
>
>
> All old plugs were BLACK and sooty.
>
>
> Valves were good. One was off .001 and reset.
>
>
> I need some advice on carb adjustment at this point. Everything else 
> “seems
> dialed in”.
>
>
> Thanks for any help!
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