Restoring a Six Pack

Ivor · Post by **Ivor** » Sat Aug 19, 06 10:53 am

Dave, would you like me to come up there and bash you with a big stick instead?

You are a glutton or punishment, but all credut to you for having a go, I'm always up for saving things rather than replacement, which is why may radiator has now expired

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Sat Aug 19, 06 9:04 pm

Center carb almost done. Just the vent on top of the fuel bowl to finish and one or two other minor bits.

The bit of the vent above the fuel bowl had melted into a ball. Some carefull cutting and it works again although it is a bit shorter than it used to be.

The plastic cam for the choke fast idle was burnt and melted to hell. It was also tight on its shaft so would not come off with the choke in the warm position. A bit of work with a stanley knife, drill and file sorted it out.

Amazingly the choke vacuum can still worked.

Only new gaskets needed were the little coke washers around the idle mixture screws.

If this was a top class restoration I would paint the carb bodies with a gold tint you can get from Frost.

So far so good.

latil · Post by **latil** » Sat Aug 19, 06 9:45 pm

All credit to you Dave. Spectacular result

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat Aug 19, 06 9:54 pm

Struth mate! Top job, nice one.

Powerail · Post by **Powerail** » Sat Aug 19, 06 10:05 pm

Thats amazing Dave, what did you use to clean that ?

Gareth · Post by **Gareth** » Sat Aug 19, 06 11:31 pm

Taking your time aren't you Dave, thought you'd have that little job done by now

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat Aug 19, 06 11:43 pm

that looks better than a new carb, top job and well done that man. help yourself to 50p out of the kids sweet jar.

Rebel · Post by **Rebel** » Sun Aug 20, 06 1:45 am

Amazing, looks great

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Sun Aug 20, 06 7:30 am

Powerail wrote:Thats amazing Dave, what did you use to clean that ?

Bit of foam de-greaser and a wire brush for the most part. This takes off the original thin surface plating of course. But this wears off anyway with time.
I had to strip each carb to individual pieces first. This was most important with this centre carb because it is the main carb and contains all the idle circuits etc. I had to make sure all the little holes and passageways in the metering block were clear of dirt.

Like I said. The only hard part was getting the choke to work.

The two outer carbs should be easier as they are very simple. The intake manifold will be getting sand blasted.

Interestingly the jets are stock and the idle mixture screws were exactly 1.5 turns out. Suggesting to me this induction may have never been tuned to the engine. I understand that the engine ran very well so there might be some extra potential still in it.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Sun Aug 20, 06 7:33 am

Gareth wrote:Taking your time aren't you Dave, thought you'd have that little job done by now

I know. I am being lazy because I have so much time to do it in. But the wife was watching that "How do you solve a problem like Maria" program and I can't bloody stand it so i did this during the program.

Kev · Post by **Kev** » Sun Aug 20, 06 4:38 pm

Hoorah for BBC1 scheduling!

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Sat Aug 26, 06 6:42 pm

Well. Tim wanted the carbs painted like mine (although I am not sure that any fuel spills will not Bananarama! off!) so I am in the process of doing that.

Meanwhile here is the intake manifold. Normally you will find that the holes are only tapped half way down. This is because the original six packs used studs.
However studs make it tricky to get the carbs on and off so i always use bolts.

I like to tap the holes as far down as I can and use longer bolts. There is less chance of stripping threads that way.

AllKiller · Post by **AllKiller** » Mon Aug 28, 06 3:09 pm

DaveBishop wrote:I dont know if you are interested but I have a set of six pack carbs that I bought of Clivey for £300. I am not going to use them at the moment and by the time I get round to using them you probebly wont be able to buy petrol so if you want them all I want is what I paid for them.

What year are they Dave ??...as i need a new body for one of mine
Mine are 1971 but would consider any thing

Rogue Trooper · Post by **Rogue Trooper** » Mon Aug 28, 06 3:35 pm

They look as good as new, well done more patience then a lot of people i know

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Aug 28, 06 5:18 pm

That will keep you off the streets for a few evenings Dave

where did you find this mouse then?