Thread: Rebus is ALIVE!!!

Hello All,

I opened up my copy of the FB/EK Holden Stromberg Carburettor Enthusiasts Guide (p. 53) and also found the specifications for my Facet Cube fuel pump. The fuel pump is rated at flow of 32 US Gallons per Hour. Then after a quick conversion from US Gallons to Imperial I found this little bit of information

Fuel Pump	Maximum Pressure (psi)	Free Flow (GPH)
Early Holden (grey/red glass bowl)	4½	9 (Imperial)
Facet FAC-40106	Set to 4½	27 Gallons per Hour (Imperial)

Stromberg Carburettor details Carburettor Guide | Throttle | Carburetor

Facet Fuel pump specifications Accessed July 23, 2017 from, FACET Solid State Fuel Pump 40106 4.0-7.0psi

Just going off the comparison the Stromberg Carburettor is getting three times the prescribed amount of fuel per hour than what the FB/EK Holden Stromberg Carburettor Enthusiasts Guide recommends.

I found plenty of fuel pressure regulators online. However, I have not come across any component that offers an adjustable flow rate.

Has anyone come across one somewhere?



Kind Regards
Lionel

Free Flow (GPH)

Rated free flow rate is of course a maximum, a pump with a closed off outlet could still generate 4.5psi with zero flow rate. These things are not constant displacement like a vane pump. A pressure regulator is all you need, or a return line to the tank to bleed off excess pressure. I used to fit 3/16" metal return lines to certain vehicles to reduce the chance of vapour lock and flooding. Dead easy to do with a suitable tee piece or two.

Hello BeeUtey and All,

Thank you for the information about the fuel supply.

When the Holden motor was put into the Series III the conversion place fitted a Dellorto Throttle wheel onto the carburettor. The throttle cable is fixed by a hex head bolt that initially goes through the throttle wheel. The cable itself threads through a hole in the threaded part of the bolt. The cable is then mounted to a hole drilled through a piece of angle iron via another hex bolt with a brazed fitting. The cable slides through the brazed fitting.

A similar brazed bolt connects the cable to the original Land Rover rod linkages which lead back to accelerator pedal. The rod to cable conversion is held in place by another length of angle iron.

The car will need a full inspection and road worthy because it has been unregistered for a number of years. Should I replace the bodgey hex bolt adaptation with something like a factory manufactured throttle adjustment like the one in the second photograph - that were made for a motorcycle hand lever?

The first two photographs are examples of the Delltoro throttle wheel

Kind Regards
Lionel

Hello All,

After some tinkering and numerous attempts to get the one adjustment on the accelerator cable I can now turn on the key and get the engine running. I can step down on the accelerator pedal and then have it return to idle all by itself. So for the first time in what must be close to two years I took Rebus for three drives in the paddock. One of these rounds of the paddock was done under lights.

I will be installing the motor bike brake/clutch cable adjusters so that it is going to be easier to fine tune things. At the moment the only adjustment is pulling the end of the cable with a pair of pliers and then tightening the single cable pinch bolt. It is a very hit an miss affair at the moment. The motor bike cable adjusters are going to be more user friendly.

Next task after that is to bolt some metal plate cross pieces on to the angle iron with two holes drilled into the steel. These holes will allow me to hook two new throttle return springs near the swivel point of the original Land Rover accelerator mechanical linkages.

Hello All,

I used Rebus to shift two loads of pruned branches from near the house to where I formed a new pile in the paddock. During the process I noticed that there was a distinct Eau De Parfum of burning clutch. Also, the feeling of trying to overcome a very well bedded-in hand brake before any initial forward or reverse movement occurred. Trouble is the hand brake was not on at all.

Looks like - from the smoke; and smells like a new clutch, including the hydraulics for the system is on the cards. Plus a dressing of the flywheel while I am it. The again - who knows how long ago the system was last overhauled?

Yesterday I found some rust in the firewall driver's and passenger's side down low on the floor and side where it connects to the pillar that the door hinges fix to.

Gee you just have to love these old cars!!! Get one thing sorted out and then something else calls for attention.

Kind Regards
Lionel

G'day Dennis,

Thanks for the insight into the linkages over on Garry Treen's thread. My 202 cubic inch motor was made in late 1977. When I bought the vehicle off the previous owner it had a carburettor fitted off a HR with a carburettor. that was originally fitted to a 161 cubic inch engine.

The cable arrangement it came with is pretty dodgy. I will have a go at improving the cable system first. If it does not work out for the best I will investigate the mechanical linkage system.

It will be after my getting a new clutch. Well once I remove the current one and work out which parts of the clutch for the engine conversion are Holden parts and Land Rover clutch and flywheel parts??? The fun of engine conversion vehicles.

The research I have done in other threads leans heavily towards all Holden parts. However, some people do mention possible mixes between Holden and Land Rover or other English manufacturer's parts. If the parts do not have the nice words like "Holden" or "Land Rover" stamped on them I will be taking the old clutch parts down to the local Clutch and Brake place. There are some older gents there who should be able to accurately identify which parts I should be ordering.

Taking the clutch out is the project for tomorrow. With the parts identified I hope to have the clutch and brakes sorted out in a couple of weeks. After that a new exhaust system .... then some rust in the body cut out and welded... then Do the leaf shackles .... then sew up some new upholstery for the seats .... then...

Kind Regards
Lionel

and you knew this was coming Lionelgee----

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

and you knew this was coming Lionelgee----

Hello Pedro,

Perhaps you could scroll down a wee bit and have a look at my entry for 24th July 2017, 08:22 PM ....

Kind Regards
Lionel