Author Topic: WRD fuel leanout stall at end of warmup, just after WRD air shutoff.  (Read 804 times)

Tomnistuff

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Firstly, I've read everything I can find on the site about this subject.  I even thought I had it fixed with WRD shim finessing, but was wrong.
The only thing I have not tried is removing oval shims to turn off the fuel sooner during warmup so I can add fuel some other way and eliminate the WRD fuel addition completely.  That's because I don't have any oval shims and haven't had any since I bought the car in 1987.  I've tried adding shims to delay the fuel shutoff so I can compensate by leaning out the very rich warm up before the WRD air shut off.  Right now, like many others and like the simulation in the TM, mine goes lean just after WRD air shut off and then mine stalls.
Is there a history in the Pagoda group of WRD pin-to-fuel lever wear in the IP that might cause sticking?
There's a lot of discussion of this on the site, but I haven't found any clean solutions mentioned yet.
Comments?
Tom Kizer
Apparently late 1966 230SL 4-spd manual (Italian Version)
Owned since 1987 and wrapping up a full rotisserie restoration/modernization.
Was: Papyrus White 717G with Turquoise MBtex 112 and Kinderseat
Is: Dark Blue 332G with Dark Blue Leather (5300, I think)

Todd

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Re: WRD fuel leanout stall at end of warmup, just after WRD air shutoff.
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2022, 21:13:04 »
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« Last Edit: September 18, 2022, 23:37:38 by Todd »
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Re: WRD fuel leanout stall at end of warmup, just after WRD air shutoff.
« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2022, 14:42:37 »
Try a "split linkage test" at warm idle.  If the rpm increase when you move the lever on the pump, then you need some more juice on the idle adjustment.  Righty richy. 

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CT
Chuck Taylor
1963 230SL #00133
1970 280SL #13027 (restored and sold)
1966 230SL #15274 (sold)
1970 280SL #14076 (sold)
Falls Church VA