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by sb
Mon Nov 29, 2004 9:00 pm
Forum: Mechanical
Topic: carb help please
Replies: 40
Views: 8355

Re: forgetful

Willie wrote:You only have to worry when you arrive in the toilet to find that
you have already been!
you need to flush properly!!!
by sb
Mon Nov 29, 2004 8:56 pm
Forum: Bodywork
Topic: chrome
Replies: 51
Views: 10579

bigginger wrote:Blimey, you learn something new every visit. I never knew chrome was porous.

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certainly is, my rear light look like wood worm has had a go!!!

Tip for preserving chrome, lemonade, not joking.
by sb
Sun Nov 28, 2004 8:49 pm
Forum: Mechanical
Topic: carb help please
Replies: 40
Views: 8355

Re: won't start

Re the violently vibrating engine when it does eventually start. Have you fitted those new leads in the correct 1-3-4-2 firing order? Trouble is that you have renewed a great many parts all at the same time so it will be difficult to eliminate any particular wrongly fitted item. If you turn on the ...
by sb
Fri Nov 26, 2004 1:08 am
Forum: Mechanical
Topic: carb help please
Replies: 40
Views: 8355

Have you checked your needle isn't blocked? - the holes on those things are tiny and it just needs one bit of muck to stop the thing... You mean the jet? The needle does not have holes in it. Yes... I meant the jet :oops: The Nikki famous word-misuse strikes again... Earlier on today I asked my par...
by sb
Fri Nov 26, 2004 1:04 am
Forum: Mechanical
Topic: carb help please
Replies: 40
Views: 8355

Hello SB, S.U.'s are pretty basic, so you could have an ignition or mechanical problem. First is to ensure that the carburettor is set correctly, as you have been adjusting it. Take the piston\dashpot assembly off and set the jet flush, then back off 12 flats, switch on the ignition and ensure that...
by sb
Fri Nov 26, 2004 1:01 am
Forum: Mechanical
Topic: carb help please
Replies: 40
Views: 8355

a bloke i spoke to asked me to ask you guys about the following sytoms as i metioned it to him. on the two recent ocassions that it did start it ran very very rough indeed. its appeared to be missfiring and not a simple missfire but a bad one that made the engine vibrate a great deal with alfull noi...
by sb
Fri Nov 26, 2004 12:56 am
Forum: Mechanical
Topic: carb help please
Replies: 40
Views: 8355

Re: wet plugs

As has been said, if the plugs are wet then either 'no spark' or 'spark at the wrong time' are suggested, BUT have you checked that the wetness is indeed petrol and not water? If you get water in the float chamber the car will never start until you have removed all traces of it. If you are still ha...
by sb
Fri Nov 26, 2004 12:53 am
Forum: Mechanical
Topic: carb help please
Replies: 40
Views: 8355

rayofleamington wrote:sb,
How old is the petrol?
fresh, a week old.
by sb
Thu Nov 25, 2004 8:30 pm
Forum: Mechanical
Topic: carb help please
Replies: 40
Views: 8355

Alec wrote:Hello Sb,
do you have a spark at the plugs?, timing not slipped, and engine not flooding?

Alec
spark at plugs. timming is good.

the plugs are very wet after several turns so i remove them, dry and return. The starter turns and it just wont take, somtimes it almost trys but no/

cheers, sb
by sb
Thu Nov 25, 2004 1:07 pm
Forum: Mechanical
Topic: carb help please
Replies: 40
Views: 8355

Alec wrote:Hello Sb,
I would check that the points haven't closed up, especially as you say the plugs have petrol on them. If the points gap is OK, then it is a check throughout the ignition system.

Alec
yup points gap good
by sb
Thu Nov 25, 2004 12:39 pm
Forum: Mechanical
Topic: carb help please
Replies: 40
Views: 8355

the mog has been of the road for about 2 months. new clutch, crossmember repairs, underside and bit and bobs, nothing in the engine bay. Got her up and running and all semed par a bad fiting exaust. MOT day very difficault to start and then bad misfiring for a while and stoped, no restrt possible. I...
by sb
Wed Nov 24, 2004 2:55 pm
Forum: Mechanical
Topic: carb help please
Replies: 40
Views: 8355

Kevin wrote:I know this may sound silly but the fuel pump is still working isnt it ?
yup and i've checked the float. i jsut don't understand it!

cheeers,sb
by sb
Wed Nov 24, 2004 1:29 pm
Forum: Mechanical
Topic: carb help please
Replies: 40
Views: 8355

yes the lfting pine is fine. it pushes down whent he choke is engaged and returns. I've set the hexgan nut on 12 turns from the top and then a flat at a time down. No good so i reset again and a flat at a time up btu again no luck. I know it needs normal operating temperture when doing this but cos ...
by sb
Wed Nov 24, 2004 10:48 am
Forum: Mechanical
Topic: carb help please
Replies: 40
Views: 8355

ah, and yes it appears fine.
by sb
Wed Nov 24, 2004 10:47 am
Forum: Mechanical
Topic: carb help please
Replies: 40
Views: 8355

do you mean the jet assembly. it move up and down, therefore against the needle, when the choke is adusted.

cheers, sb
by sb
Tue Nov 23, 2004 11:16 pm
Forum: Mechanical
Topic: carb help please
Replies: 40
Views: 8355

sorry thats a can't. i don't no what that part is .
by sb
Tue Nov 23, 2004 11:14 pm
Forum: Mechanical
Topic: carb help please
Replies: 40
Views: 8355

Multiphonikks wrote:... And have you checked the lifting pin? I find that my carb is very lumpy due to it being stuck...
can's locate lifting pin in haynes
by sb
Tue Nov 23, 2004 11:07 pm
Forum: Mechanical
Topic: carb help please
Replies: 40
Views: 8355

When you say adjust and such.......... what EXACTLY did you do?? Did you lean it right out?? and if so is your choke working properly? When it was rich you probably did not need much if any choke. If you have leaned it right out then it will probably need a LOT of choke. Have you tried richening it...
by sb
Tue Nov 23, 2004 9:50 pm
Forum: Mechanical
Topic: Mini Carb...
Replies: 86
Views: 19750

niki, upgrading from the 1098 to a 1275 puts my insurance up by %25.
I assume thats based purely on increased BHP. When i enquired about mods to a standard mog no increase at all! Peter Best insurance
cheers, sb
by sb
Tue Nov 23, 2004 9:38 pm
Forum: Mechanical
Topic: carb help please
Replies: 40
Views: 8355

carb help please

the mog has been rich for a whiel and so i decided to adust and such.

at the end of yesterday all seemed fine. However, today he willl not start.
i've gone back over the work and know i think i've made a complete CARB of it.

cheers, well sort of, sb