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Vacuum Advance
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 11:37 am
by Tweedy
Hi all and a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all.
I am going to put a new Head Gasket on and I am taking the Carburetor off it says in the Manual unscrew the Vacuum Advance but it does not seem to be moving it is covered in a perished rubber and that wont move without crumbling does anyone know how to get it off please.
Thanks Bob
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 11:45 am
by aupickup
yors must be the pull off type
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 11:48 am
by Tweedy
Do you mean it just pulls out of the carburettor or will it split somewhere under the rubber
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 11:51 am
by Dean
Yeah, pulled mine off too... it can be tight and the rubber broke. I just took the old one down to my local motor factors and got another one, I also got some tiny jubilee clips to make sure it was nice and air tight. Total cost about 80p. ;)
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 11:52 am
by aupickup
it should just pull off, but mayve a tight fit, especially if it has been on a few years
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 11:58 am
by Tweedy
From what I can see it looks like its plastic under the rubber
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 11:59 am
by Tweedy
Does it just pull out of the Carb then
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 12:03 pm
by aupickup
yes it just pulls off
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 12:42 pm
by Tweedy
Thanks a lot, its just I am new to all this
all the best
Bob
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 12:44 pm
by aupickup
no prob we all have to start xome where and itis allways a pleasure to help out
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 2:18 pm
by Tweedy
Thanks, all the best
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 2:32 pm
by bmcecosse
Brave project - changing head gasket for Christmas! Why are you changing it ?
Vacuum advance
Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 6:21 pm
by Declan_Burns
If the rubber is perished you can always use silicon tube. The tube and clips we use for model aircraft tank plumbing can sometimes be very useful. Cable ties can also be of help. I always have some in the car.
Sorry the photo is not the best.
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Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 7:19 pm
by Tweedy
Right thanks a lot, Merry Christmas
Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 8:21 pm
by Tweedy
bmcecosse,
Hi Roy
I have found my oil leak, its just at the back of the Thermostat housing and also it runs down in between the Tappet Covers but not a lot.
Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 4:38 pm
by bmcecosse
Sounds like rocker cover gasket then - not head gasket thank goodness!