Condensation

BUDGIE · Post by **BUDGIE** » Tue Dec 16, 08 8:53 pm

Brutus wrote:
NaughtyAlan wrote:Take it you mean steam son?
, now yer talkin Bugies language.

Cheeky bleed'a

BUDGIE · Post by **BUDGIE** » Tue Dec 16, 08 8:56 pm

Dave999 wrote:need a theromostat to get the cooling system working correctly

only works if both flow and pressure are correct and that can only be achieved with the correct stat and housing.

at the mo pressure will be achieved eventually but in the wrong way due to lack of restriction at the thermostat. i.e the flow will be too great and the pressure will be achieved by some areas getting very very hot and others being far too cool. the flow needs to be slower to achieve uniformity in cooling. it will cool better at the hot bits and worse at the very cold bits once the system is complete, which is what you want. at the mo you will have poor combustion if some bit are too cool and massive heat soak from very hot bits on switch off. nothing will be expanding and contracting as designed because the cooling system is incomplete.

lack of a thermostat always shows cooler running but its a false reading due to the lack of uniformity in cooling efficiency across the motor. may as well just tape the needle on the temp guage to the place you want.

think the stats came in two ranges (aussie ones do) (home use and UK JP export). for the UK the hot one would be the go as it doesn't get much over 70 F ambient temp

then set ya carb up at operating temp.

Dave

Thanks Dave, I know all of this of course, I just needed someone to remind me

.........will have stat installed tomorrow

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Tue Dec 16, 08 10:33 pm

If its T'hemi; I had loads of problems with the old Carters - as Brutus says, they drip from the boosters if the float needle sticks and I had LOADS of vapour out the back when that happened....It was very hard to get them working correctly - I think I rebuilt one of them about 6 times, it made a Holley look reliable....

BUDGIE · Post by **BUDGIE** » Tue Dec 16, 08 10:45 pm

So what ya reckon then Pete.......bin the Carters n' fit Holley's

BTW......I did notice petrol vapor coming out of the front carb only after todays run

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue Dec 16, 08 11:30 pm

No point playin the guessin game , base line those carbs first.

Back the curb idle right off & open an 1'8th turn on P/S , then fiddle with spark lead till you get the motor idling on the idle circuit , if the mixture screws DON'T respond then yer floggin a dead horse till you sort it.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue Dec 16, 08 11:30 pm

Posted twice.

NaughtyAlan · Post by **NaughtyAlan** » Tue Dec 16, 08 11:30 pm

Does it put out black smoke then or hunt on that bank

Stick a c/o pipe up it and see what its doing

Dave999 · Post by **Dave999** » Wed Dec 17, 08 9:08 am

Budgie wrote:[
Thanks Dave, I know all of this of course, I just needed someone to remind me .........will have stat installed tomorrow

suck, eggs, teach............ yes

i did think so

but once i start i just ramble

.

Dave

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Wed Dec 17, 08 10:21 am

Budgie, connect a stope light to the king lead, run the car and shine it down the venturi - it will look like raindrops in the light if it is leaking past the needle seats whether it is baselined or not...

BUDGIE · Post by **BUDGIE** » Wed Dec 17, 08 5:20 pm

Right, first thing put a new thermostat in ( to my amazement there was one already in, still running very cool:? ) disconnected the the carbs, backed off the butterflys till closed, set the timing and give each mixture screw 1 1/2 turns out. Opened the idle screw a touch and started up.........= no seats leaking etc, everything looks good in the venturies but runs like a pile of cack......gets worse, the two rear off-side pots and the one rear near-side pot are doing nothing on idle = cold exhausts and wet plugs

Tried setting the mixture screws at different settings but made no difference.......took it on a 10 mile drive, on a light throttle almost undriveable, go's well on full throttle but smokes ( gradually clearing, don't know if that's down to too much gas/petrol in oil

)

Time to go to an "expert" I've had enough

........any offers

mopar_mark · Post by **mopar_mark** » Wed Dec 17, 08 6:09 pm

Budgie wrote:Time to go to an "expert" I've had enough ........any offers

Nothing like quitting early

can hardly say you gave it your best attempt can you

BUDGIE · Post by **BUDGIE** » Wed Dec 17, 08 6:33 pm

Oi Mark, I have a bad dose of the flu and a scrap back from bendin over the bonnet for three days runnin, and the fumes have give me a blind'in headach every bleedin night too, so ....off

Actually, I'm feelin a lot happier now I have spoken to Jimbo, he go's through 4 set's of plugs a year cause of oiling-up ( not fitted new ones yet

) and tells me that me idle jet's will be blocked solid to ( common on these Carters

) and they do use a drop of oil too

......... Hemi's

.......... yeh right

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Dec 17, 08 10:38 pm

Hope you feel better Budge.

Check if the idle air bleeds are blocked (pig rich) , you got good fuel in there/correct heat range plugs.

AllKiller · Post by **AllKiller** » Wed Dec 17, 08 10:42 pm

What plug make are they and number ?
NGK all the way

knock spots off all the others
cap n leads check too

BUDGIE · Post by **BUDGIE** » Wed Dec 17, 08 10:46 pm

Air bleeds.....which ones are they then son

......x 2 screws on bottom of each carb, thought these where the mixture screws

Next is a set of NGKs and Gonna dump the oil/filter too.

Should I bring the carbs down with me Ad for ya to fix

Feelin better'a thanks Ad