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Austin Shackles
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On or around Mon, 05 Sep 2005 21:37:56 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother}
@"@101fc.net> enlightened us thusly:
>On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 20:53:07 +0100, Tim Hobbs <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>>Have just got off the phone from Martyn, and have now had iot
>>>confirmed that my passenger side carb is dead.
>>
>>wassup with it?
>
>It's dead (doesn't make the engine rev)
>
>My guess is float chamber. We took the top off and it's fine - so
>three stage plan:
>
>Hit it with a hammer*
>Short blasts of air into the fuel inlet
>Carb cleaner
>
>Failing that, remove all the linkages then remove the carb and clean.
>
>Tis common for a vehicle that hasn't been used a great deal - and a
>good 'learner' for the new owner ;-)
oh yes indeedy. nothing like it.
and then you can have fun checking that they're synchronised
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"Quos deus vult perdere, prius dementat" Euripedes, quoted in
Boswell's "Johnson".
@"@101fc.net> enlightened us thusly:
>On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 20:53:07 +0100, Tim Hobbs <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>>Have just got off the phone from Martyn, and have now had iot
>>>confirmed that my passenger side carb is dead.
>>
>>wassup with it?
>
>It's dead (doesn't make the engine rev)
>
>My guess is float chamber. We took the top off and it's fine - so
>three stage plan:
>
>Hit it with a hammer*
>Short blasts of air into the fuel inlet
>Carb cleaner
>
>Failing that, remove all the linkages then remove the carb and clean.
>
>Tis common for a vehicle that hasn't been used a great deal - and a
>good 'learner' for the new owner ;-)
oh yes indeedy. nothing like it.
and then you can have fun checking that they're synchronised
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"Quos deus vult perdere, prius dementat" Euripedes, quoted in
Boswell's "Johnson".