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Finally got round to overhauling the carby.
Lots of debris plus a few spiders inside. It's a long job trying to clean up the years of petrol stains on the outside.
One part was damaged so I'll have to look for another carby at some point in the future. Loctited it back together as a temporary measure.
Just one more part to clean & reassemble.....
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Hopefully it improves the running.
Colin
I have found carby cleaner in a spray can to work well, have you tried some?Quote:
Originally Posted by gromit
I scrubbed off the worst of it with a small brass wire brush and some turps then finished off with carby cleaner then dryed with an airline.Quote:
Originally Posted by MattyGM
Here it is fitted.
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Starts & runs a lot better now but really need to get the old girl warmed up so I can set the carby properly.
Colin
Looks immaculate now ~ probably in better order than from the factory :D
just make sure the rubber hose connecter for the air horn is seated square on the neck of the carby and the clamp is squared onto it. There is not a lot of clamping room there and they can pop off! :o That is how I dusted 1 of mine .
Cheers Scott
The Series II is a long way off hitting the road again.Quote:
Originally Posted by schuy1
The connector has been left loose because I regularly had to tip petrol throught the carby to get it started, if the overhaul has cured that then it'll get fixed properly.
Colin
Playing ariound with the Series II the other day I found that the seat base has fallen apart (the plywood must have been left wet at some point).
It's on an adjustable frame but I'm tring to work out how the cushion is meant to fit.
It seems that it fits inside the angle of the frame but ends sitting up on the four nuts/studs, is this correct ?
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The vinyl cover will be wrapped under and stapled onto the plywood but still not ideal to have it sitting on the nuts/studs.
I think there is a narrow strip of wood around the inside edge to give the plywood some support so maybe a narrow strip tacked on once the vinyl is fitted will keep it up off the nuts/studs.
I hadn't realised that the seat frame was kinked (by design).
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The upward bend may support the base along with the upturn at the back so maybe it just needs a strip of timber at the front edge ?
Colin
I cut some plywood for the bases and some strips of hardwood for the support rails.
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Looks like the support strips on the underside of the seat bases butt against bolt heads to stop the base moving forward (never really looked at the seats in detail before). Still not certain about the drivers seat base, should it have the support strips underneath ?
I'll have to have a play and see what works.
The original Dunlop foam looks OK so just need to source some grey vinyl & thread and then make some templates.......as if I haven't got enough on with other projects.
Colin
I was quite happy to let a pro do mine :D I was delighted to know I could retain the original seat bases but the foam and covering had to be replaced but they are better or it. Yours should turn out great, I look forward to the end result :BigThumb:
I ordered DeLuxe seats for one project but wasn't happy with the MDF bases.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cobber
I then went to the trouble of tracking down a walking foot industrial sewing machine (from the 1920's) some time ago so it's about time I used it.
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I started by buying the vinyl & thread to recover the seats in my FFR, then I found the seat bases for the Series II were past saving and then found that the bases on my IIa GS were also past saving. Hopefully tonight I'll cut out some more bases and also the templates for cutting the vinyl. I have the vinyl for the FFR seats so I'll do those first and see how it goes.
Colin