Rob-mu

Well had a little play last night ,got it starting by itself thanks to unclejake and the hammer tip. Took the top off the carbs and they are pretty dirty inside(bottom of bowls are covered in black crap) So all I need to do now is in the tuning as it splutters and dies when on the throttle Rob

Lotus 7 was my first port of call ,but to register was going to take longer then my patience would allow. But will get the ball rolling on joining Rob

Oh scratch what I said about no fuel delivery .(I may have been looking at the wrong thing ) So the pump jets are on the intake manifold side of the butterflys?, maybe some of my questions are best left until I am home so i can have a look for myself as my memory doesn't serve me well . Regards Rob

Have already had a spend up at burton power.purchased some new jets (the ones in it now are more suited to a 2.0l from the specs i have seen)as they Wernt very expensive and a pair of rebuild kits. Will try getting it running in the meen time Will try what you have suggested tonight and let you know,fuel pump is regulated to 3 psi

Thanks for the links will have a look when I get home.some of them look familler as we have printed off a small forest worth of info Have cleaned the idle jets I seem to be getting no fuel coming out when pumping the throttle haha! Do the rebuild kits normaly come with the required parts to freshen up the pumps? Thanks Rob

Should I expect to see fuel coming out when motor is off or Only running?

- I presume you meen 2 main/2 idle jets per carb? The fuel is getting poured into the wing nut/inspection cover where the jets are accessed .a very small quantity is getting poured in and it starts right up.and continues to run not just until the fuel getting poured in gets used up. Rob

Awesome info guys cheers.after a quick bit of research it looks like you are on the money Will wait till the kits come and report back Rob

Fuel tank has been removed cleaned and fresh 95 octane Christchurch

Thanks for the reply We have tried that with no luck,does not sound like it wants to fire at all. Dont have the chokes setup ether

Hi A quick run down: Helping my partners dad find some enthusiasm with his Leitch lotus 7 project that has been sitting along time as the motor was worn out.managed to find a fresh one on trademe for a good price and the enthusiasm has returned(even I'm getting into it) . It's a Internaly stock ford 1600 crossflow motor with twin dcoe40's ,exhaust,electronic ignition etc The issue is when trying to start the thing it simply won't start unless we pour a little fuel into the main jet but when we do that it fires right up and will idle fine even turning it off straight away it will restart fine .giving it a quick rev will make it splutter and not smooth but thats another issue I guess?(we are positive that the timing is correct) With a bit of research we have discovered the idle jets are more suited to a 2.0l not the 1600 so have ordered some correct ones. Could this be the issue?The carbs were re jetted for the 1600 (obviously not correctly) about 20 years ago but used to run ok with the previous motor. The car has been in storage for the last 15years so we are going to re kit the carbs as well. So my question is what could be stopping the initial start up? Sorry if this topic has come up but I did have a good search Rob