Car(s): 1986 Laser 1.6, daily runaround project 1981 GL Auto 2.0, Barn-Find-Resto, now also a runaround project 1980 3.0S, crash damage resto 1993 Fiesta 1.1
Currently full up and no more space but I still want a 2.8...
Major_Tom wrote: βMon Oct 10, 2022 6:03 pm
What do your plugs look like Danny? Can be a useful metric for gauging mixture before you go adjusting it.
I didn't think they looked that bad??
I've also never adjusted the mixture before and the only thing that has changed recently that I could think affected it is the new rubbish fuel we have
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Car(s): 1986 Laser 1.6, daily runaround project 1981 GL Auto 2.0, Barn-Find-Resto, now also a runaround project 1980 3.0S, crash damage resto 1993 Fiesta 1.1
Currently full up and no more space but I still want a 2.8...
Car(s): 1986 Laser 1.6, daily runaround project 1981 GL Auto 2.0, Barn-Find-Resto, now also a runaround project 1980 3.0S, crash damage resto 1993 Fiesta 1.1
Currently full up and no more space but I still want a 2.8...
Car(s): 1986 Laser 1.6, daily runaround project 1981 GL Auto 2.0, Barn-Find-Resto, now also a runaround project 1980 3.0S, crash damage resto 1993 Fiesta 1.1
Currently full up and no more space but I still want a 2.8...
Thanks guys, today (without changing anything) it ran a treat! Then I tried it again five hours later and it ran like a pig
Will just have to keep swapping bits off one at a time and seeing what causes it!
Cheers
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Crud in the carb maybe? It can move around meaning the car can randomly run fine, or not. Martin (Bug) gave me a method once of putting the palm of your hand over the top of the carb and revving it briefly to suck/displace the crud. Might be worth a try, easy to do.
Car(s): 1986 Laser 1.6, daily runaround project 1981 GL Auto 2.0, Barn-Find-Resto, now also a runaround project 1980 3.0S, crash damage resto 1993 Fiesta 1.1
Currently full up and no more space but I still want a 2.8...
pbar wrote: βTue Oct 11, 2022 10:55 pm
Crud in the carb maybe? It can move around meaning the car can randomly run fine, or not. Martin (Bug) gave me a method once of putting the palm of your hand over the top of the carb and revving it briefly to suck/displace the crud. Might be worth a try, easy to do.
I also thought this could be the case actually so was planning to while the head off and clean the jets out and then I can give this technique a whirl and see what the outcome is
Cheers
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pbar wrote: βTue Oct 11, 2022 10:55 pm
Crud in the carb maybe? It can move around meaning the car can randomly run fine, or not. Martin (Bug) gave me a method once of putting the palm of your hand over the top of the carb and revving it briefly to suck/displace the crud. Might be worth a try, easy to do.
To clarify, you need to rev it up first, then put your palm over the top to create a vacuum. Only a second or two at a time or it'll stall.
Car(s): 1986 Laser 1.6, daily runaround project 1981 GL Auto 2.0, Barn-Find-Resto, now also a runaround project 1980 3.0S, crash damage resto 1993 Fiesta 1.1
Currently full up and no more space but I still want a 2.8...
pbar wrote: βTue Oct 11, 2022 10:55 pm
Crud in the carb maybe? It can move around meaning the car can randomly run fine, or not. Martin (Bug) gave me a method once of putting the palm of your hand over the top of the carb and revving it briefly to suck/displace the crud. Might be worth a try, easy to do.
To clarify, you need to rev it up first, then put your palm over the top to create a vacuum. Only a second or two at a time or it'll stall.
Found that out the hard way
Did it yesterday and revved it up then held my hand over the top for a couple of seconds and it stalled and covered my hand in fuel
When I took the top of the carb off (thanks to Peter's teachings) the float chamber did have crud in it, but was very fine so I wonder if it has just pulled through some crap from the bottom of the tank which won't have helped. When I get the new fuel lines I was thinking about adding in a filter as there isn't one currently
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Can't quite understand why you got covered in fuel Danny, seems very odd! You did just put your hand over the top of the carb, the choke flaps, and revved as you did it, I assume. Can suck/dislodge the crud in there.
What is the voltage at the coil plus terminal while it is running? Could the ballast be the problem? A weak spark? It will start OK as the Ballast is bypassed on start.
Car(s): 1986 Laser 1.6, daily runaround project 1981 GL Auto 2.0, Barn-Find-Resto, now also a runaround project 1980 3.0S, crash damage resto 1993 Fiesta 1.1
Currently full up and no more space but I still want a 2.8...
pbar wrote: βThu Oct 13, 2022 9:12 am
Can't quite understand why you got covered in fuel Danny, seems very odd! You did just put your hand over the top of the carb, the choke flaps, and revved as you did it, I assume. Can suck/dislodge the crud in there.
When I put my hand over the carb and revved it I let it stall by mistake so when it stalled it threw fuel all over my hand. Sucked my hand onto the top of the carb and I suffocated it so that's my bad
SCP440 wrote: βThu Oct 13, 2022 6:13 pm
What is the voltage at the coil plus terminal while it is running? Could the ballast be the problem? A weak spark? It will start OK as the Ballast is bypassed on start.
When I measured last it was about 13.7V at the battery, the other one was running at about 13.9V.
Took it out again today and after cleaning it all up and slightly adjusting the timing it seems to be running OK now without skipping beats at any level so maybe clearing the fine dust of crap out of the carb and adjusting the carb has sorted it.....
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Hi Danny, SPC440 is suggesting that you check the voltage at the coil, not the battery, with the car running, depending on your result this will determine that the ballast resistor is working ok.
Sounds like you are making progress though, magic!
Yes exactly, I have seen several classics recently with exactly this problem, a ballast that is failing can be down to 6 volts or even less in one case. Hesitation and an erratic idle are usually the first things to show.
Car(s): 1986 Laser 1.6, daily runaround project 1981 GL Auto 2.0, Barn-Find-Resto, now also a runaround project 1980 3.0S, crash damage resto 1993 Fiesta 1.1
Currently full up and no more space but I still want a 2.8...
Thanks guys, the last two times I've used it at the end of last week it was running a lovely little treat!
Wil still measure the voltage across the coil as you've uggeated though, would be interesting to see
Cheers
Danny
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