Clockwork's 71 fasty

ok, 1st so some new rims...you prob would have seen if you were at CTTP...






and 2nd the carb strip down...awaiting rebuild kit from T3D which should have been here 5 days ago which will be here in the morning...let's wait and see...

with it stripped can you tell where the leak was coming from?

not for certain, the gaskets had seen better days and the diaphragm at the bottom of the second pic is all frayed around the outside. More than that though the screw that holds the cover only had 3 or the 4 screws!

However, the underside of the carb body by this bolt....



was cleaner than the rest so perhaps this bolt is the culprit...

does anyone know the purpose of this bolt? Does it have a gasket?

pretty sure that bolt should have a crush washer or copper washer on chap else fuel will leak from it, also if its been over tightened it will leak

make sure the float level is correct when you rebuild or it will overflow or not hold enough

dubberatlast wrote:

pretty sure that bolt should have a crush washer or copper washer on chap else fuel will leak from it, also if its been over tightened it will leak

I'll take it out tomorrow and have a look, any way of testing it before I refit it?

baja 69 wrote:

make sure the float level is correct when you rebuild or it will overflow or not hold enough

Surely the float will find it's own level?

if you re use the ali or copper crush washer ....boil it in some water first .....this will a neal it and make it crush down again

If I ever get this car running again it'll be a miracle

nomates wrote:

if you re use the ali or copper crush washer ....boil it in some water first .....this will a neal it and make it crush down again

I wouldn't re-use a crush washer, for the cost of a new one I'd replace them!

don't be down hearted mate .....











scraps at a good price at the moment ....

Mr Scoops wrote:

nomates wrote:

if you re use the ali or copper crush washer ....boil it in some water first .....this will a neal it and make it crush down again

I wouldn't re-use a crush washer, for the cost of a new one I'd replace them!

thats why i put 'if' ...he's on a tight deadline ,and may not have one in the re-build kit

Clocky?? Tight budget???


He'll just buy a caravan from some little old dear for a monkey and move it straight on for a bag o sand, and he'll be sorted. Cushy!

Have you been drinking tonight scoops? Nomates said a deadline not a budget lol and I'll have you know I'd never pay an old lady a monkey for a tin box... Your harming my rep, that's like slander! I'd pay a bottle at most and knock it out for two large

Scrap it may well be lol it's not my lack of mechanical knowledge that makes me so downhearted....erm....actually yes it is.

Not drinking.....much, but it has been a long week so far!

how the hell did you get to page 6? .....all you've done is fit some wheels and dismantle one carb ...

Pages 1,2 & 3 were a soapy wash and wax followed by a trim polish and glass clean, pages 4 & 5 were the shamoi

Page 7 is a load of old bollocks

Chamois.......





Bloody amateurs!!!

Ok so one carb stripped and rebuilt and another out and stripped but ran out of carb cleaner and light, only hope somewhere is open tomorrow that has some.

Been on a forty mile roundtrip today to get the correct screw to hold the diaphragm plate in place. Proper old school machine/mechanics workshop...with a rolling road top find I reckon, will be visiting there again.

Where was it???

Abercynon, it's between Merthyr Tydfil and Cardiff

Bloody Taffies!!

He had a lovely lamb'retta down there, and a baaaa'n find wool-sey

Carbs rebuilt, refitted and the engine has fired up with no signs of a petrol leak! Time for a quick coffee then some tuning and all should be sweet

well done .