March 14, 200620 yr comment_106921 sorry I'm going a little offtrack here, but why an electrical rather than mechanical oil pressure gauge? Report
March 14, 200620 yr comment_106927 bah! stoopid nick and your knowledge :D id love to see that video if uve got it handy lol now i have to find out if autometer cobalt gauges come in electrical style. hmmm what was the root cause of the copper line failing if i might ask? Report
March 14, 200620 yr Author comment_106967 If its loudest for a few moments when you start your car and then goes slowly quieter when the pressure comes up, look at maybe the timing chain tensioner. Its flogged out in mine developing into an oil leak. Thank god I'll have the AE82 on the tarmac soon hmm nah the noise is constant throughout driving... what i did realise in my sleep the other night was that when i did the timing with the timing light, i did disconnect the vacuum advance tube that goes to the carby, but i didn't plug it up at the distributor ... that might make a bit of a difference in the timing, but thats another issue ... the car has less power than it used to with the old carby, runs crap. it uses more fuel than the other one, and barely responds when the secondaries open ... i adjusted the float in the carby, but maybe not enough ... sigh I'm gonna try and get a 5K fairly soon, and rebuild that to go in the car for a while... i have a feeling this 4k has compression issues! Dyzza Report
March 16, 200620 yr Author comment_107122 alrighty then ... the car was running heaps rich at night with a car close behind you i could see the unburnt fuel pouring out my exhaust ... i must have a float-level problem. the mixture screw was 2 full turns out, now its still running rich with the screw out only 1 full turn... normally it should be lean I'm guessing that the float is flooding the engine at all times? can't wait to get this fixed .... looks like I'm only gonna get about 300ks off 42 litres :D Cheers, dyzza Report
March 17, 200620 yr Author comment_107410 well The car problem is all sorted now ... The fix? stock carb! I had 5 of them lying round, turns out one of them was in really good condition ... and then i cleaned it up, took off the weber, and put it on... It basically started straight away (after a bit of coaxing, and a fair bit of fuel sprayed around the engine bay (oops ... lefty loosy, righty tighty) ... and runs well It runs smoother than either of the webers i had on there, it just wont idle below about 1100 RPM - just cuts straight out. The webers are good carby's, i just haven't had much luck with them on a 4K motor ... the motor is a big small, the carby a bit big ... A question: How many turns out is best for the stock carbys mixture screw ? Its out 2 at the moment ... i have a feeling it may be a bit lean ... f@$k I'm happy to have the car going again ... plus now i have fuel economy i never had before :D ;) :D DYZZA Report
March 17, 200620 yr Author comment_107412 3 x half turns ? as in 1.5 full turns ... cool as. They get richer the more you wind them out don't they? Cheers for your help man, been heaps helpful to me ... just a side note ... one of the 5 carbies i had lying round was wound out 6 full turns ... must have been chewing the fuel! Report
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