worrying juddering/battery light

[Mk2Adam]

pulled up to some traffic lights tonight and my car started juddering as soon as i put the clutch down, especially the gear stick which shakes loads, to be honest it's been doing that for a couple weeks and i've just got used to it now but my battery light started flashing faintly in time with the juddering this time.

this has worried me a lil bit, my car has done 63k and is a 1litre. i havn't had a chance to look at the car because i'm working odd hours at work at the mo, but any ideas would be apreciated and i'll look at it at the weekend.

seems to be running fine apart from that and it is getting annoying now, aswell as the fact that it's probably a sign of something worse.

[omicron]

Check your alternator output.

[Mk2Adam]

cheers omicron i'll check that at the weekend. but anyone know what's causing the shaking?

when i put even the slightest bit of gas on, it stops the shaking instantly, i had my carb adjusted a while back as the CO level was too high after the MOT, do ya think maybe it's set to let too little fuel through on idle?

[tupac2makaveli71]

the idle needs to be adjusted mate, my car does that too...but mine turns off if i dont rev it....should be adjusting it soon, if i learn how :<, hope that helps..i can guarentee you that it is the idle!

[Tahrey1043]

Yeah sounds like it's probably running at about 400rpm, barely enough to keep from stalling

[Mk2Adam]

you reckon i could adjust the idle on the carb myself or would i need a mechanic to do it? bare in mind that i have no rev counter.

if it's litterally just turn the engine on, let it idle and then adjust until it stops shaking then i can handle that but i've got pretty limited knowledge if i have to start listening for little noises etc

[Mk2Adam]

bump, any ideas about if i could adjust the carb? as above question

[hypojam]

Haynes manual should tell you what screw you need to adjust on the carb