CARB TROUBLES
June 25, 2005
by: jovial_cynic
by: jovial_cynic
Fired it up again. This time, I used a different carburetor (the previous one I had seemed to leak at the float). this one was from an L20b, so it had the nice glass viewing bowl. It filled up properly when I had the fuel pump sucking from a juice box filled with gasoline. Since that works, I can fill up my gas tank and run it from there if I want to. I just need to make sure to get a fuel filter first.
The linkages on the hitachi carb I'm using are a little more complex than I like, on account of emissions and all. I do have a small down-draft weber I will use in place of it... provided that I can get it to fit properly. I'll have to see if I have all the linkages I need for it as well. It's a pity that I sold my side draft webers before I know what they were good for... that sucks.
I can consistently get the car to start (by dumping fuel into the throat), and once it starts, I can get it to keep running by revving it over and over again. I don't yet have it consistently starting straight from the gasoline in the bowl, and I suspect that's because I have the idle adjustments WAY off. We'll see.
I'm going to bolt the exhaust up today so I don't have to keep breathing in exhaust fumes, and it'll be interesting to see the change in sound once I have it hooked up. As it was, it was loud, but not unbearably so. The muffler should reduce it significantly. I'll be interested to hear how that sounds.
The linkages on the hitachi carb I'm using are a little more complex than I like, on account of emissions and all. I do have a small down-draft weber I will use in place of it... provided that I can get it to fit properly. I'll have to see if I have all the linkages I need for it as well. It's a pity that I sold my side draft webers before I know what they were good for... that sucks.
I can consistently get the car to start (by dumping fuel into the throat), and once it starts, I can get it to keep running by revving it over and over again. I don't yet have it consistently starting straight from the gasoline in the bowl, and I suspect that's because I have the idle adjustments WAY off. We'll see.
I'm going to bolt the exhaust up today so I don't have to keep breathing in exhaust fumes, and it'll be interesting to see the change in sound once I have it hooked up. As it was, it was loud, but not unbearably so. The muffler should reduce it significantly. I'll be interested to hear how that sounds.