Re: Restoration thread 1969 St Albans charger
Posted: Sun Nov 21, 21 10:19 am
Replying to me own post and going back on what I said I don’t think or has a dash pot plunger from factory.
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Thank you mate. Sound advice, as ever.Pete wrote: ↑Sun Nov 21, 21 12:43 pm My personal advice is not to cut corners on carburation, especially with an old one.
It will have you chasing your tail for faults, and those carbs (whilst simple in construction) are not easy to diagnose and tune.
All the internal channels will be furred up and corroded and will not function as designed out of the box.
We have an ultrasonic cleaner for such purposes, but I still do not like the basic design, and feel you can do a lot better.
Thank you mate I will definitely be researching in to this I really need to brush up and soak up as much info as possible.Blue wrote: ↑Sun Nov 21, 21 10:21 am Another Holley fan here, simple carbs that you can get parts for anywhere. I prefer double pumpers, completely mechanical in operation and the maximum of tuning options for sharp throttle response. To learn how to set up timing and Holley carbs, this is very useful https://4secondsflat.com/products/tuningtowin.html
Thank you mate, always a wealth of good advice and information from you.Dave999 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 23, 22 11:58 am with no choke there is a knack to starting and if running orginal dizzy you probably have way too little initial timing but can't set it to what it wants becasue that will result in far too much total timing
worry abou that later.
cold winters day start up after a bit of a lay up
correct mental attitude is key. " I expect it to start"
pump acclerator twice or thrice shifts some nasty old petrol through makes some space for new in the bowl
turn key wub wub wub wub wub
stop
relax, breath in. breathe out
pump acclerator 3 times (fuel bowls will have filled some what with new fuel)
turn key
a tiny crack of throttle
wub wub wub catch catch
blip throttle a few time and it should start
if not
relax etc etc
try again
would be odd for it not to start 3rd go.
if you sit with foot to floor labouring away naaaa too lean
or stamping throttle too much..flood.... wet plugs don't spark
Then it won't start just to spite you, walk way for 15 minutes otherwise you just head down the path of looking for the battery charger
once in use and you have blown the cobwebs away it will realise what is expected of it... and play nice from then on
i.e the rings losen up, the cylinder walls have a bit of lube the ring seal gets better, compresion gets a smidge better, any valve that has sat open for 40 days or 40 years will lose its slight crust of corrosion, gummy plugs clean up a bit it just wakes up.
unless its a totally worn out smokeing chugger of a motor you should be alright
Dave