haurangi Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Yeah bo pull it out tomorrow for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted September 22, 2014 Author Share Posted September 22, 2014 You ma boy blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted September 25, 2014 Author Share Posted September 25, 2014 Big thanks to the Anderson brothers for the carb. It was the same base carb, but had a trillion other bits glued to it, to I just nicked the bits mine was missing and transferred them over. I had a blond moment in the last post about the carb, the choke butterfly had nothing to do with it. The bit that had been removed disables the mechanical secondaries from working, until there is enough vacuum, so there's a good chance I was driving round with them at least partially open, which would explain the horrid fuel consumption. Anyways, it runs a shit ton better, way smoother and less hesitant, and time will tell if its more economical. Unfortunately it still cuts out on steep hills, so will have to work out whats causing that. Might be pick up related? I'll ask the weirdo's on the american Tercel site and see if its a common problem. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Testament Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 it could just be the carb float going wah too much wrong angle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted September 26, 2014 Author Share Posted September 26, 2014 Yeh, it's quite likely. I don't understand the witchcraft that is carburetion tbh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Testament Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 theres some tricks you can do extending vent tubes and whatnot to help and the orientation of the float makes a big difference but ultimately its an inherent problem with carbs and funny angles/you can only help it up to a point. I think SU's may be a little better in that respect than some other carbs. doesnt really help though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 /injection 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted September 26, 2014 Author Share Posted September 26, 2014 This is when Jamie comes in and tells me off for not buying the 4A injection gear he found at PAP, lewlz. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighLUX Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 ITS STILL THERE MAYTEY BUY THAT FUCKING INJECTSHUN GEAR 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted September 27, 2014 Author Share Posted September 27, 2014 Haha, i've already spent way too much on this thing, it will have to do as is. The guys on the american Tercel site are all telling me to change the fuel filter, but I highly doubt that's the problem, as it runs fine in every way. None of them said its an inherent problem with the car, so still unsure if its a design fault or somethings wrong with mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostchips Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Anyways, it runs a shit ton better, way smoother and less hesitant, and time will tell if its more economical. Unfortunately it still cuts out on steep hills, so will have to work out whats causing that. Might be pick up related? I'll ask the weirdo's on the american Tercel site and see if its a common problem. i did drive a car with huge carbs and standard fuel line and it would cut out when you floored it. How easy would it be so examine the filter and see if it was chocked with dirt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted September 28, 2014 Author Share Posted September 28, 2014 i did drive a car with huge carbs and standard fuel line and it would cut out when you floored it. How easy would it be so examine the filter and see if it was chocked with dirt? Nah, not a filter problem, its clean and looks sweet as. Took it out today and it ran like a bag of cunts, cut out 8 trillion times, and then a retainer in the left rear drum shat its pants, jammed the brake on, so had to back it rite off (after cooling it down with several BK cups of puddle water) 4wd'ing with it cutting out all the time and with no hand brake was not enjoyable at all. Not to mention the brakes hardly worked at all. It did make it up/through a lot of shit that I was quite impressed with though, so once its running rite it will be quite chur. When I got home I blew out all the feed and return lines with air, and then J5 came round and we played with all the vac lines and checked lots of shit. J5 tried a few different things, and it seems like by passing some of the cold start enrichment, and redirecting a vac line to the dizzy its running waaaaaaaaaaay better on hills and under light load. With a little bit of peddle, it will now run on 45+ deg slopes. It seems like a cold star enrichment thing was flooding it. Will see if it starts from cold tomorrow, and how it runs, and if its all good i'll just do away with all the shit. Anyways, a few pics of today's outing. Regards, VG. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaMpylobacter Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 yeah ditch choke ftw. don't need that shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted September 28, 2014 Author Share Posted September 28, 2014 The auto choke flap thing works sweet, but it has this other vac pot thing that dumps gas in, which may be playing up. With that being a dick, in conjunction with the power pump dumping gas in, it just floods its face. For what ever reason there seemed to be no vac coming out of the carb to the dizzy either. Would be quite ken to get rid of all that choke shit and put a good old fashioned manual one on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Wee on it. Where wees = fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Testament Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 rig up a can of brakleen pointing down the carb and a string to pull the nozzle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Sounds like you should fix the carb properly The vacuum advance port of the carb probably is the 'ported' type and only give vacuum when the throttle plates open, vacuum advance is basically only really helps on cruise speeds so shouldn't give rough running issues generally unless it somehow dials in too much timing (ie too much base timing) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted September 29, 2014 Author Share Posted September 29, 2014 I probably should rebuild it. It started first pop this morning, and ran fine while cold and hot. I'm going to head out to the hills on the way home and see what happens, if its all good up there then i'll just leave the bizzo by-passed. Like you say, running another vac line to the dizzy didn't seem to make a difference, so doubt that has been causing any noticeable trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Test the vacuum pots and shit also, they shit themselves all the time. But yea you need to clean it out and set the float properly then go from there I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted September 29, 2014 Author Share Posted September 29, 2014 rig up a can of brakleen pointing down the carb and a string to pull the nozzle I worked on a diesel charade once that had a can of engine start in the center console, with a hose leading through into the engine. It was their fix for bung glow plugs. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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