Autolite 1100 Tune up Instructions

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I am looking for a tune up instruction or diagram for the 1100 with the two accelerator pumps. I am interested in the tuning procedure for this carb. I pulled my plugs today after I had trouble getting the car going and all of them are black!!! Too rich! after only 147 miles.

I think I am too rich...but dont know which screw is which. (My wife says its prolly the one in my head :roll: Yeah..I know it was supposed to work out of the box...but what the heck I got it now I got to play with it! :evil:

Appreciate any help or redirection. thanks...Jim Maybe someone has a sheet from Pony that they could throw my way.
 
First - nothing that reads "bolt on" bolts right on, and nothing "out of the box" performs as well as if it´d been fine tuned. Look at the poular AFB-clones by Edelbrock, out of the box, they may be performing good, even satisfying to a point, but sure not perfect and truly flawlessly without some fine tuning.

Second:

-Idle mixture (needle) screw is located on pass. side carb body, just above the carb flange.
-throttle stop screw is on the throttle lever, and usually rests on the throttle stop just behind the spark control valve.
Further, on the throttle lever there is one arm standing off awkwardly with another screw, that´s the fast idle screw, usually close to the fast idle cam


Ok so far... on we go:

For Convenience, we start with accelerator pump adjustment. Completely close throttle plate by backing out fast and slow idle screws. The lower "HI" position on acc. pump arm is for operation in ambient temperatures below 50°F, for operation at temperatures above 50°F and/ or above 5000 ft. altitude, use the higher "LO" hole o the lever.
Measure distance between roll pin on acc pump lever and pump cover. Stock specs for `65-`67 170-200ci engines was 3/16â€￾, both manual and automatic transmissions, for 240cid six = 13/64â€￾
`68 and `69 had 5/32â€￾ roll pin/pump cover distance for manual transmissions.

To warm up engine, turn the idle mixture needle screw in so it is lightly seated, then back out 1-1½ turns, then turn throttle stop screw 1½ turns in from where it contacts stop on carb body.
Turn on headlights to place alternator under load, if you´ve got an auto tranny put it in D.
Turn on AC for at least 20 minutes.
With the engine running at normal temperature, adjust throttle stop screw for correct hot engine RPM (check with tach). Depending on Application, that’s 500-575 RPM for manual transmissions and 600-700 RPM for automatic transmissions. Still got the tag on the carb body?
Anyways, turn in idle mixture screw until engine RPM begins to drop from lean mixture, then back out again, raising RPM until it drops again from rich mixture. Turn in again for highest RPM and smooth idle. Check idle speed with tachometer again.
After hot idle speed adjusted, place fast idle adj. screw on highest position on fast idle cam and make sure it stays that way throughout this adjustment procedure. Check specified distance between choke plate ad air horn (pulldown position) with drill bit or feeler gauge: usually 5/32â€￾ for 200 auto tranny, 9/64â€￾ for manual tranny. close choke plate manually to pull-down position, then release again so it will position fast idle screw on fast idle cam. Check for specifications, if necessary rotate fast idle cam to align fast idle adj. screw with reference mark on fast idle cam and adjacent to shoulder of highest step on cam. With engine at normal running temperature, adjust fast idle screw for correct fast idle speed (1300 – 1500 RPM, depending)
To adjust choke unloader, hold throttle plate wide open, while choke plate is in closed position. Measure distance between plate and air horn, it’s a 1/16â€￾ for all years and applications. Bend tang accordingly. Confused yet?
Well, I was, when I did this the first time.



To adjust anti-stall dashpot (often mistaken as “second acc pump“), turn dashpot adjusting screw in until it contacts diaphragm plunger. Turn 2 – 3 ¾ additional turns, depending on how slow the engine returns to idle speed after deceleration.


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Very nice write up. Mind if I make a copy of it and post it on my website? We get a lot of these questions on the 1100. I used to have a standard write up, but it got lost somewhere.

Unfortunatly, if you do all that and still get black plugs, you're jets are too big. That seems to be an issue with these 1100s for whatever reason. You can try to rejet...or better...re-CAM! (more then one way to skin a cat).

Slade
 
CobraSix":4bl8wzey said:
Mind if I make a copy of it and post it on my website?

no problem.

New courses have started today, depending on my free time I´ll put the original Mitchell specifications for Autolite 1100 online later this week.
 
Prepare yourself for the most idiotic question of the day...

where would one find the fast/slow idle screws? ;) I've only been able to locate the idle mixture screw/pin (which made a great improvement in my 1100), but, I appear to be too slow to figure out where the idle adjustment screws are...<drool> ;)
 
simon, I got two really good pics of my carb mounted. Care to draw on these to post to go with your instructions...I can send them to you..

The slow idle screw is the bottom one by the carb flange and the fast idle screw is the fast idle cam screw right???? :shock:
 
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-fast idle screw contacts fast idle cam and usually has a slotted hex head.
-(slow) idle screw (round head) contacts the stop behind the spark control valve on the carb body.
Commonly referred to as throttle stop screw as well.

both are found on the throttle lever.
 
thanks guys...

I will be home this weekend and make some adjustments....the last reading I took while the engine was running....and my fuel psi was at 3...I think it should be 4+ so I will check that first and make that fix..however, I dont believe that low fuel psi leads to fouled plugs...does it? :?
 
beautiful drawing and totally helpful...I really appreciate the info!
I hate asking absurd questions, so, all the more thanks for answering! :)
 
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