On 15 May 2007 14:35:47 -0700, "Robert M. Gary"
wrote:

In the C140, the Aeronca, and the J-3 the carbs (probably all
Stromburg), pulling the mixture all the way out at idle had no effect
at all on the engine.

I fly a J-3, and I've never seen one with a mixture control.

Blue skies! -- Dan Ford