Have you tried to richen the carb adjustment. Also increase the idle about 50 - 
75 idle rpm.?

THE SENILITY PRAYER : 
Grant me the senility to forget the people 
I never liked anyway, 
the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and 
the eyesight to tell the difference.


--- On Tue, 2/24/09, Percy <[email protected]> wrote:

> From: Percy <[email protected]>
> Subject: [ercoupe-tech] Hesitation
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 11:09 PM
> Rather than look at over 400 hits on carb in the archives, I
> decided
> to ask for a new recount of group wisdom.
>   I'm working with an Ercoupe, C-75.  Has the Stromberg
> NA-53A1.  What
> it does is "hesitate" when the throttle is
> advanced.  It starts and
> idles just fine, but accelerating the engine up to a
> thousand RPM or
> so causes it to miss and almost die.  By retarding the
> throttle, it
> goes back to smooth idle.  After getting over the 1000 -
> 1300 RPM
> point, it responds to the throttle fine again.  Any Ideas?
>   Today I inspected the intakes and they looked good.  I
> took the
> screen out of the carb and it was clean.  Tightened the
> prime plumbing.
>   The discussion lately about the "automatic
> rich" got me to thinking
> if that has something to do with it.  I wouldn't know
> one if it bit
> me.  Could this be an "accelerator pump" issue? 
> My IA says something
> about removing the bottom plugs, but I don't want to go
> there as is
> doesn't make sence to me right now.
>   So lay it on me, Sports Fans.  And does any body have a
> line on the
> books for that beast?  
>      Percy in NM, USA
> 
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