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  1. #151
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    Leaving the carby for now, I'm putting the feelers out for a Solex but still annoyed that I paid $300 for a dud "new" carby.

    Pulled the master cylinder and cleaned it up the other day, should only need a kit. cleaned up and refitted the handbrake this evening but the relay needs a new bush. I suspect the relay on my parts 86 is in better shape so I'll clean it up and see how it goes.

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    Go home, your igloo is on fire....
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  2. #152
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    Fitted the fuel pump properly on Monday after my mounting blocks turned up from the Series one club via the slow boat. Hopefully my new water pump will show up this week and I can get it fitted as well. The outlet pipe is just there in case there is any crap in the tank, I've got the correct pipe to fit when I'm ready.

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    Go home, your igloo is on fire....
    2014 Chile Red L494 RRS Autobiography Supercharged
    MY2016 Aintree Green Defender 130 Cab Chassis
    1957 Series 1 107 ute - In pieces

    Assorted Falcons and Jeeps.....

  3. #153
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    Well, the water pump showed up and I quickly figured that there's a broken bolt in one of the holes ( the one above the brass water diverter). 1/4 BSF tap on order along with the correct fibre washers for the thermostat, a thermostat to block gasket and the copper ring and o ring. More planning on my behalf when ordering bits would be an advantage.....


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    Go home, your igloo is on fire....
    2014 Chile Red L494 RRS Autobiography Supercharged
    MY2016 Aintree Green Defender 130 Cab Chassis
    1957 Series 1 107 ute - In pieces

    Assorted Falcons and Jeeps.....

  4. #154
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    Tote - are you supposedly working from home .
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    1957 Series 1 88" Station Wagon

  5. #155
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    Every second week

    Regards,
    Tote
    Go home, your igloo is on fire....
    2014 Chile Red L494 RRS Autobiography Supercharged
    MY2016 Aintree Green Defender 130 Cab Chassis
    1957 Series 1 107 ute - In pieces

    Assorted Falcons and Jeeps.....

  6. #156
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    I expect value from my tax dollars that pay your wages

    Its good that you are finally getting on with the project - hopefully we will see it on a run before too long.

    Garry
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    1977 FC 101
    1976 Jaguar XJ12C
    1973 Haflinger AP700
    1971 Jaguar V12 E-Type Series 3 Roadster
    1957 Series 1 88"
    1957 Series 1 88" Station Wagon

  7. #157
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    Water pump fitted and put back together. I don't know if it will hold water yet though. The mating point on the bottom of the thermostat housing is pretty corroded.

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    Regards,
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    Go home, your igloo is on fire....
    2014 Chile Red L494 RRS Autobiography Supercharged
    MY2016 Aintree Green Defender 130 Cab Chassis
    1957 Series 1 107 ute - In pieces

    Assorted Falcons and Jeeps.....

  8. #158
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    Solex fettlng. I bit the bullet and bought a second hand solex and a full overhaul kit to prove or disprove whether the Indian Solex I bought is no good or I have other issues.

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    All in little pieces, the throttle shaft has no play and I'm not going to replace it so I have a spare sitting in my bits pile.

    The problems I do have are a broken gland nut on the vacuum advance line, a missing screw for the top cover and a very worn accelerator pump linkage where the pivot is inside the alloy housing. The carby cleaned up pretty nicely and all the surfaces were nice and straight when I gave them a bit of a rub with wet and dry on a piece of glass. My farm mechanics teacher from 1981 would be proud that the stuff he taught me is being put to use 40 years later....

    A bit of time with a 4mm drill and an easy out resulted in the removal of the vacuum advance pipe with no damage to the carburettor body, the screw threads for the top plate are 5mm metric so a suitable relacement was fitted. Aside from that it was just a matter of cleaning, fitting new gaskets and pump membranes and setting up the accelerator pump as best as possible given the wear in the pump pivot.

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    The 5mm rack screw is in the vacuum advance port for now, I'm really pleased I got the remains of the old nut and gland out without damage.
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    I doubt that the top plate is the mate for the carby but aside from a bit of damage where someone has over tightened the hose clamp on the top it will do for now. Maybe tomorrow I'll get a chance to fit it and see how it goes.

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    Tote
    Go home, your igloo is on fire....
    2014 Chile Red L494 RRS Autobiography Supercharged
    MY2016 Aintree Green Defender 130 Cab Chassis
    1957 Series 1 107 ute - In pieces

    Assorted Falcons and Jeeps.....

  9. #159
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    Fitted the new carb up tonight - same symptoms (but at least I have a genuine Solex I guess).

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    I did find that the carby had two spacers under the carb for reasons unknown. I removed one and fitted a new gasket and that improved things a little bit but it still won't run at low revs without the cold start on.

    OK brains trust , where to now? My next guess is that the inlet manifold is leaking air and its a case of pull it off, silicone it and try that, I've had similar problems with the valley covers on a 351 so I suppose it's worth a shot.


    Regards,
    Tote
    Go home, your igloo is on fire....
    2014 Chile Red L494 RRS Autobiography Supercharged
    MY2016 Aintree Green Defender 130 Cab Chassis
    1957 Series 1 107 ute - In pieces

    Assorted Falcons and Jeeps.....

  10. #160
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    The cooling system also seems to be watertight, I filled it up with some coolant I had lying around the other night before I decided that I'd need to remove the manifold to silicone it - Doh.... Oh well its easy enough to drain it from the block into a bucket so I can use it again.


    Regards,
    Tote
    Go home, your igloo is on fire....
    2014 Chile Red L494 RRS Autobiography Supercharged
    MY2016 Aintree Green Defender 130 Cab Chassis
    1957 Series 1 107 ute - In pieces

    Assorted Falcons and Jeeps.....

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