Niall, I can't help with the carb, but the dash lights might still be very dim. The bulbs in the dash pod have blue (or green?) plastic covers. With age these darken and become brittle, but start blocking out a lot of light. I would recommend removing these; Mike Ballance documented this process in QM85.
Regards, Steve h4-turbo.co.uk quantumowners.co.uk On 16/04/16 20:18, Niall McCracken wrote: > Hello there - we've probably established by now that I'm an idiot with no > mechanical experience.... > > Anyway, managed to rewire my dash and get the clock going today (thanks Jim!) > also discovered the last guy never wired up the dash backlights which may > explain why it was really really dim at night... > > > Anyway, I was on a roll, so decided to fit my new carb - a 32/34 Dmtr from > webcon. But I have a problem - knowing next to nothing about cars (and not > having an installation guide as promised (thanks webcon), my assumption that > the new carb would have the same fittings as the old was naive /misguided. My > old dft has a fuel pipe that goes into a metallic filter or something and > that screwed into the carb body. Next to that there's another pipe with a > brass fitting. I assumed that was some sort of float overflow or similar > because it seems to come from the petrol tank too. > > But the new carb doesn't have any way (that I can see) of plugging both these > pipes in. There's no thread at all for adding the fuel pipe filter attachment > (well there is but its blanked off) but there is the brass tube thing that > the overflow was on before. If I plug the fuel line into this one (I honestly > can't see where else it would go) then I've got no overflow (or whatever it > is) pipe anymore? I did try it this was but the quantum was having none of it > - it almost caught but then just filled the carb with petrol.... Yippee. > > Anyway, as ever, HELP!!!! > > Photo here kind of explains what I mean I hope! > > http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?75232-Weber-32-34-DMTL > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Quantum Owners Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/quantumowners?hl=en IMPORTANT NOTE: All information presented herewith is provided on an "As Is" basis, without warranty or the implication thereof. Neither the Quantum Owners Club nor the individuals associated with the Quantum Owners Club or in the preparation of the above information shall have any liability to any person or entity with respect to liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the instructions contained within this or related message(s). --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Quantum Owners Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
