I'll fight you for it :) It took me about 6 months to get my SU's 'right' (the car was my daily driver).
One of the ways I managed for so long was to have a dash switch for the electric fuel pump. Before you start in the morning turn the switch on to put some fuel in the bowls. Turn it off for the first 200 metres or so after you have warmed up. Then leave it on. Remember to turn it off at traffic lights and during slow driving. Make sure you have a good battery or are a champion bump starter because it is going to stall often and in inconvenient places! (eg the bottom of Galston Gorge, half way through a rallysprint, in traffic etc..) Also, SU's follow the British engineering guidline that stipulates the time spent trying to restart the car should be proportional to the inconvenience of the location. And be VERY careful that you don't start a fire! You may hear a 'drop-HISS', 'drop-HISS' - it will be raw fuel dripping onto the 'HOT' extractors. Also carry dashpot oil with you everywhere you go, because you will need to top it up daily almost. OR you could learn from my experience and clean up the SU's, polish the domes and put them on display in your garage (they are shit but look good). Then go out and get yourself Hitachis (Jap copies) Mine are not the best condition but I bolted them on and it started first go and never missed a beat! Regards, Nick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 5:31 PM Subject: SU Throwing Competition > Hello membersozdat, > > Is there an SU throwing competition out there? I recon I am about > charged up to challenge the title. > > I took in everyones advice, now, here is what I did. Checked the > needle/float setup on each of the carbies, all looks good. As an > experiment, got some clear tubing and checked the float level on the > front carby, it seemed good, and as both bowls seemed ok, didnt > bother to check the back one. Pulled off the piston setup, checked > the needles, the needle in the back piston is bent, front one isnt, > so I very delicately attempt to straighten the bent needle as a > temporary thing. Turn the fuel pump on with the pistons out, fuel > fountains out of the jets, that doesnt seem to be right to me, cause > the float bowls should just be maintaining a constant fuel height, > which probably lends more weight to what Nick was saying about using > a pressure regulator, but I wanted to check cheaper things before > opening my wallet. > I put the pistons back in, start the car, next thing fuel is > dripping from the front carby where the hose to the jet connects to > the fuel bowl - there was a little o ring thingo in there when I > took the hose off, it must have fallen when I was putting it all > back together after checking fuel levels, and now it is missing. > > So, does anyone have one of those o rings they can sell? I havent > been able to get that regulator yet, but im not going to even look > at the car until I get one now. > > -- > Best regards, > Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
