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Old October 24th 05, 02:22 PM
Allen
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Default carb ice experience


"Cub Driver" usenet AT danford DOT net wrote in message
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On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 12:24:23 GMT, "A. Smith"
wrote:

Check the idle mixture. When you pull carb heat on you are putting hot,
less dense, air through the carbuerator. If you were initially running
lean
applying carb heat will improve the fuel/air mixture. Cold day, dense
air,
more fuel required.


No mixture control in the Cub!


There is no ground adjustable idle mixture screw on a Cub? I am not
familiar enough with the model to suggest more, sorry.

Allen


Could ice in the carb cause the fuel mix to be lean?


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