Thread: FFR Refurb

The FFR is booked into the Anzac Day parade at Cranbourne. My wife & daughters are walking in the parade with the Scouts.

The Dandenong RSL (Cranbourne shut after Covid) have a Perentie that will be there. Apparently a Police car in front of the vehicles taking part and another behind.....just in case someone tries to drive into the crowd !

I checked sparkplugs today, a couple were carboned up. I have a feeling they were in the FFR when I got it. I'll fit some replacements at some point in the future.
Then I took the top off the carby, the piston had a heavy black deposit on it.
The diaphragm was OK but the oil in the dashpot was low (topped up before Corowa) so I cleaned the piston, re-assembled & topped up the damper.

It started a lot easier when I went to put it back in the shed.

I remember buying a carby overhaul kit soon after I got the FFR so I went on a hunt. Eventually found it along with a new diaphragm.
I have a few spare carbies so I thought I'd overhaul one of them, then I found that the kit I'd purchased years ago was the wrong one !!! The one I purchased at Corowa was only for the float bowl.

Now I need to find a full kit for a Stromberg 175CD.


Colin

A great turnout at the Cranbourne Anzac Day Parade and the weather held out.
We were at the front of the parade behind a Police car and a Perentie.

The Sikh Volunteers Australia were there providing free vegetable curry after the ceremony


Colin

Awesome stuff - great to hear it getting out there again :-)

All the best for many more events and many more years of good running :-)

Shane

Thought I'd check the points & timing at the weekend.
It struggled to start then I only had to touch the accelerator and it coughed & died.

Eventually got it going, it seemed to a bit happier once warmed up.

Points OK, timing a bit out. I'd originally set it using some very thin plastic between the points and getting someone to turn the motor on the crank handle until the plastic was released.
Used a timing light this time and found it was a few degrees out.

The carby has a very small leak somewhere so I've ordered a gasket set.
I should probably also check the flow from the fuel pump although it ran OK when driven so there must be enough flow.

I thought this one was finished and I could move back onto the IIa GS !


Colin

Isn't it funny how you search the internet for something and it links you back to AULRO !

I was sure the dashpot oil level was dropping and here's a link from a post 10 years ago that explains a potential cause.
Zenith Stromberg Carburetter Repair Guide

I need to take the carby apart anyway but I now know to check that O-ring.


Colin