Seddas

Absolutely beautiful. Well done.

don't know if it ran with it before as the car has never run in my ownership. I have rebuilt it and in the process noticed it didn't have one. The engine is also a 4k. I have come to the conclusion it was the ingnition coil, but after replacing it I'm still having problems. Will update with more info later

Thanks for the help guys. I know the details were short.

Ok great. Thanks for the help. Yeah I had I walkthrough to cleaning the carby. Followed it to the letter. So there should be no issue with that. If I still can't get it right I might see if I can borrow a working carby from a friend, so I can tell the difference. Thanks again for the help

Great thanks, I friend timed it like the way you described but I will give it ago and make sure he did it right. The vacuum hoses are plugged up so I don't think its that. So to tune the carby I would warm up the car? Turn the idle mixture all the way in the two turns back out? Start the car again and screw the idle speed out as much as I can with out stalling? Then turn the idle mixture again? Which way do I turn the idle mixture, in or out?

Hey guys. I'm trouble shooting why my 4k engine in my ke20 has a miss at idle. It started as someone else's project so I have to start from the very beginning. I wont go into too much detail as what I have already done. What I want to know is my Carburetor doesn't have a solenoid on it. Is that a major problem?

Yeah, I know you are right! I will be getting one soon :) especially seeing as this car has so many electrical problems haha

Update. So it turned out the starter motor wasn't wired properly and burnt/melted a wire. I fixed that but its only temporary as the whole wire is melted from the starter motor back to the ignition coil. So thats a job to do later haha The firing order was all wrong (the previous owner must have just slapped it back together). I tried to start it but it just wouldn't tick over. The points were worn pretty bad so I replaced them and then I heard her roar :) I was very excited as I was told it hadn't started in over two years, and I had gotten myself in over my head. It wouldn't idle, it would always stall when the throttle was let go so I rebuilt the carby (I should have taken photos as it went from black to silver) I now have the problem of not being able to tune the carby with out a tacho. When I put the rebuilt carby back on and tested it, I had accidently left the battery connected when I finished (I keep disconnecting it as I know the car has electrical problems) I came back to the car a few hours later and noticed a little puddle under the car, poped the hood and the ignition coil was burning hot and it had a pin prick on the top and was bubbling from it. At this stage I was really worried about the electrical problems with it, but doing a little searching on here and the net I found the the coil was also wired wrong. I wired it up properly but now I couldn't get it to start. I purchased a new ignition coil and ballast resistor as mine didn't even have one, I wired it up properly and its alive again. I worked on something else for a while (flushed the radiator and found that it has a leak from the lower hose) and came back to it 30mins later and the coil was cold. I think that problem is solved. So I now have a radiator hose leak and a clutch cable, accelerator cable, choke cable to install when they get here. Also got a cheap tacho coming so I can wire it up and tune the carby. the engine misses at idle, I'm hoping due to the idle mixer but once done it should be drivable. I also got the central locking in the drivers side door working, just need to do the passengers side now. Getting there slowly Just found a picture you can compare the carby to. Although the real backed on snot was on the other side but you can still get an idea how much better it came up. You can also see the new ignition coil.

Thanks for the advice. I purchased a new ignition coil as I don't have a voltmeter to test the old one and I got a ballast resistor. I wired them the same as I have done it the picture above and it starts fine (I should say turns over fine as it still needs the carby tuned and timing done properly) As I write this I forgot to test if the car turns off with the ignition. Whoops

Here is a picture. I just worked out it may have been wires wrong. I looked at a diagram from here http://www.rollaclub.com/board/topic/46089-how-to-install-an-electronic-distributor/ When I looked at mine, the wire running to the dizzy was on the positve side and the wire running to the starter was on the negative side. I swaped them around is that right? Sta= starter motor Ing= ignition Diz= dizzy The pink line just show the wire running to the noise suppresor.

Just did some more seaching. I don't think I have a ballast resistor. Would that have anything to do with it?

Hey again guys. Just want to start off by saying I have learnt so much from this forum and have been given a lot of help and advice. I recently purchased a ke20 with a 4k and manual conversion. I was told it only needed timing and starter motor rewired. The starter motor was wired wrong and melted a wire so I fixed that (I think its wired properly now) I then kicked it in the guts with a new battery, it hadn't been started in over two years I was told. It didn't want to start, checked spark plugs and they were near new, and leads were ok. Turned out it was the points in the dizzy so changed them and BOOM!!!! She was alive :) Only now it wouldn't idle. So I rebuilt the carby over the weekend but can't tune it properly with out a tacho (ordered a cheapy) When I start it now it won't turn off with the ignition either. I'm not sure if it ever did as prior to rebuilding the carby I think it always stalled on me. I left the battery connected for a couple of hours while I went out (I forgot to disconnect it) when I came home I noticed a little puddle under the car., the ignition coil was extremely hot and had a pin prick in it and was bubbling. I would really appreciate if someone could come out and have a look at all my wiring. I will obviously pay for your time. Even better if someone could dive their ke20 to mine so I know what its "meant" to look like haha I'm missing so many parts its not funny. I just want to get it running, reliable and driveable and will fix things on the way. But at the moment I'm really struggling with the electrical side of things. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!

Thanks guys

Champion. Thanks very much

Hey guys. First want to say thanks to everyone who has helped me in the last few weeks. I have posted a few questions of late and had a very good response. So thanks. Now I'm looking for a 32/36 carby for my 4k engine in my ke20. I've found a second hand one but I cants find the adapter plate for sale anywhere. Post I see keep saying ebay but I can't seem to find anything. If someone could please post a link for it that would be awesome. Doesn't have to be on ebay either. Thanks