Thread: More Help. 1982 two door

I am guessing the crabs are the tamper proof style

You don't want to tamper with crabs! Seriously, you have to ask yourself why the carbs were loose in the first place before worrying about the fine tuning stuff. I'm no expert, but there are plenty on this forum who are, however experience tells me that a few loose nuts is going to be the least of your worries! I wish I was there to muck in and help you fathom it out, but best of luck with it anyway mate.

Loose will make it lean low down as it's drawling air in through the intake rather than the carbs .... Did you pull the carbs off an bring them home with you ?? that's what I'd do, pull 'em down, check them and there diaphrams and return with tested/check carbs so it can be driven home. I'd even bolt them to another motor and validate/test them before travelling if I had too.

seeya,
Shane L.

All you have to do is bend an open end spanner about 20MM from the end by about 30degrees.
Regards Philip A

Thanks,
Was going to take a fex spanders across and the oxy, figured there wouldn't be to much to it.

No the carbs are still on, as I decided to take them off and then figured out I couldn't due to the spanner situation.

I am going to get a haynes manual in the hope that I get the right info to set them. If not, I might just look at changing them out, as I don't want to keep going back and forth to do it.

If anyone has some carbs they know are good please let me know, or a manifold and holly etc.

I have 2 sets of carbs down here in Tassie one set is rover p6/early 70s range rover type and the other is early 80s range rover type plus I have one manifold but you won't need that


Forget about the holley crap there just a waste of time


Adam

So no I have a manifold and a 350 so will be changing her over, will let you know how I go. Alternatively I have a complete EFI system, off an 85ish. Can anyone advise how easy they are to fit, doesn't look real hard, just need to know where the wires came from as they have all been disconnect but not labled leaving me with terminals and the need for some majic.

Originally Posted by mnorv

So no I have a manifold and a 350 so will be changing her over, will let you know how I go. Alternatively I have a complete EFI system, off an 85ish. Can anyone advise how easy they are to fit, doesn't look real hard, just need to know where the wires came from as they have all been disconnect but not labled leaving me with terminals and the need for some majic.

Fitting EFI is easy enough but you need to jack the body off the chassis enough to remove/replace the fuel lines, you need the EFI fuel tank, and a wiring diagram to determine what wire colours go where. Once you've fitted all the EFI wiring and plugged in all the engine components, you need battery power, ignition power and ignition coil negative, then connect the fuel pump.

Fitting the 350 Holley will get it going easier in the short term. If I had one though, I'd prefer a later 3.9 hotwire EFI system as it's a better performer.

Could i not use the existing tank, with a return line? I understand I may need to boost the pump pressure and arrange a control circuit for the power?