Heh.
Well, I've been in touch with the carb refurbishing bloke - he's just down the road from work.
This is the deal:
If he can't sort it - 20 notes If it just needs cleaning and stuff - 60 notes If it needs rebuilding with new parts - 100 notes
Can't say fairer than that, IMHO.
From what I remember about these carbs they were renown for causing plutters and misfires - but I use to just rev the engine a couple of times with a rag over the carb on and off. This 8 times out of 10 cured the problems.
Defintely not a small amount.
aren't the same ones used on vauxhalls though?
Steve said the car hasn't been running for 18 months - surely this carb just wants a clean out!!!!!!!! I'm not sure its the carb just yet. I try everything I know pos before I payout on a new anything. But I'm from the old school.
In news:LbdPd.1710$ snipped-for-privacy@newsfe4-gui.ntli.net, Bill decided to enlighten our sheltered souls with a rant as follows
but it was knackered 18 months ago... or he'd have used the car.
Steve's mentioned this carb quite a bit.. it's his version of the "pinking" thread.
Google is your friend.
Just a thought - The manifold/ head joint is air tight, isn't it? I had massive problems with one of my cars doing exactly what yours is, tried swapping carbs, taking them apart and checking them (twin SU HS2s in my case), everything. The manifold was fully tightened, on a good gasket, still no joy. Then I poured some petrol into the carbs, and where the ports met the head, it dripped out.
Somehow whilst off, the cast ally mainfold must have distorted just enough to balls up any chance of sealing up. Swapped it for a spare, and the engine ran absolutely fine.
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