Actually, after buying all the bits and pieces, in retrospect I would have been better off keeping an eye out for a cheap damaged 280zx and ripping all the injection bits off it, but I got these carbies working now, and they are leaps and bounds ahead of the flattops, so ill write it off as a lesson.
Monday, September 09, 2002, 9:10:23 PM, you wrote: RC> Phew! I was worried you would give up on a pair of (usually) good carbs. RC> Persistence pays. RC> ----- Original Message ----- RC> From: "Robert Charles Scealy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> RC> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> RC> Sent: Monday, 9 September 2002 11:40 AM RC> Subject: It runs!! >> Hey All, >> >> Thanks to all who helped me get the SUs going, after a hellish weekend I >> finally got them running. The bloke at the local carby shop looked at >> the floats, said it looked good, and to try a regulator - didnt work. So >> I then changed the needle and seats in the bowl, tested each one hooked >> up to the pump alone and they worked, great, except when they were >> bolted up to the motor the old problem resurfaced - wtf, fuel leaking >> out etc etc.. I thought about it, and the only difference was that when >> I tested them individually the overflow fitting wasnt hooked up, when >> bolted up I connected the overflows to the tank return line, so I >> disconnected them, and it fixed the problem. So I potentially bought a >> regulator and new needle/seats for nothing, but at least the job is done >> properly 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]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
