Recent content by Baron

Short update: Carb Draining. With some of the previous testing, I discovered the Vac Sensor( small round thing with pipe to carb and one cable, used to detect when you take foot off pedal and trigger fuel cutoff) was faulty. Its taken a while, but finally got a new one. Some tests - Measuring...

Just to document some steps taken. I followed CruisIUnders process here: I originally deactivated the Idle-Fuel-Cutoff, which meant I re-wired the cables to permanently power-on the solenoid. Today I had some time, so I wired it back up correctly, and re-tested with the above process. It...

Just to document some happenings. I started a new thread on the 3F Carb Draining. issue. 3F Carb Draining issue - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/3f-carb-draining-issue.1329173/page-2#post-15634315

Thanks mate, I've actually figured out what it is, but no closer to solving it. It is a Vacuum Sensor, for the Idle Fuel Cutoff. It earths to ground, when Vac goes above a level. That ground signal goes to the yellow computer box in the passenger footwell, which this controls the...

Hey, Wombat, Can I pick your brain about this. The diagrams, which should be roughly the same are not. In the AUS one, the middle carb pipe goes to a canister (assuming its fuel related). In the bottom one, the middle one goes to the Vac Advance (which for my Aus , is another pipe entirely)...

Thanks guys, This is real usefull

Nah, it drains in a minute, and I even put a temp sensor on carby. I then took a gopro video down the carb throat while it was stopped and you could see the fuel poring out of the jet into engine. Quite a few people have this problem, but normally just think that it takes a little more time to...

Just another update, and maybe pics. i had a 3000km outback trip planned. About a month before I got my trusted mechanic to have a check of it and tune the engine, because I still did'nt think it was perfect. He immediately said the Disti was faulty. It had some movement (you could wiggle...

So update on this issue. After a full carb recondition, the issue is still present. (after a 3000km drive) Its become rarer however, possibly! It now only occurs after very long drives (3hrs). When I pull up to fuel, the engine will be struggling to idle (this is the signal of problem will...

Nah sorry. Some video's above of some issues. Now I've got a nice clean Carbi and its working well. I did see the diaphram and it had about a 1/2 inch tea in it, so no chance of holding suction.

Hopefully the final update on this. I spoke to a proper Carb guy. He describes the issue as Syphoning. Just like a Syphon, when you start a flow it keeps on going, and apparently thats what happens. its a bit of a fluke to get the right conditions for it to happen. the result is Fuel just...

Finally bit the bullet and got the 3F Carb refurbed. Cost a bit, but was too much of a job to try myself, seeing I'm trying to find some issues. So the outcome is great. he found that the secondary diaphram was ripped, this meant my secondary was never even engaging. Also found that the carb...

Just an update on things. Not a lot going on. Rain is the enemy of 60's. unless you have brand-new well fitting window felts, you are going to get water coming into the door via the glass/rubber/felts. Thats why you have drains on the bottom of the doors. Next water issue is in the...

Update on this. I think opening the hand throttle helps (when I stop car, after a hot run, I open hand-throttle, to remove pressure come from engine into the carb, which could be sucking fuel out of the carb-bowl). Its not fully difficult to start when it happens. Just to update, this is not...

I had quite a few problems when doing the rear brakes. Somethings that might be worth checking. 1. I got new drums, but they were actually smaller then the originals. The result was the adjuster, when adjusted was only 1-2 threads near its shortest travel. This caused locking up. Put old...