I have got a very good hint for you to keeping the nice old Engine in good shape with todays ultra dry eco fuels: Use 1:100 API TC two stroke oil / fuel mix as regular driving fuel, that keeps the old fuel-system gaskets, rubber parts, alloy parts etc... and cast iron metal surfaces of those vintage engines in excellent shape...and it also lubricates the valves and upper piston regions. Most Porsche vintage owners in Germany do so :) Also keeps carbs and tank clean and rustfree
Ive learned and worked on Fuel injection all my life. Im getting more and more into restoring and modiffying vintage cars and bikes, so this helps out alot
The biggest problem with a lot of carbs is they have "Solex" written on the side! Stay away from these carbs if possible as they are very poor quality. 3 new carbs I brought new all had major defects. carb 1 had a porous body (leaked fuel constantly) Carb 2 had bad casting and blocked accelerator pump Vally and Carb 3 had a porous float which along with the other two nearly blew my VW engine had I not caught the problems early. Very poor quality carb!
Thanks for the comment. Let me respond. First, I like to say "Solex is a foreign word for crappy carburetor." It's a bit of a joke and has some truth to it. Second, the 44PHH Solex I rebuild are very different from the Solex for a VW, the early cars using 32PICT or 34PICB or similar. But if you have purchased new carbs perhaps they were made in Brazil, India or Malaysia and obviously are of inferior quality. Fortunately, the 50 yr old Solex I rebuild are well cast and free of defects.
Excellent. As you found out, the basics apply to just about all carbs. Most carb problems I see currently are due to the poor quality of fuel we get, letting the carbs sit too long with this poor fuel in them, and trash in the fuel system that clogs the jets. Thanks for writing. Will
Nice work. I took this video and applied the ideas to my Motrocraft 2150 2v. It helped me understand how to set the idle speed and fuel mixture. Only exception was the fact that I used a vacuum gage. Thanks!
dude gas is leaking out of my carburator its solex too, i thinks its flowinf out of the gasket
switch0123 1 year ago
dude gas is leaking out of my carburator its solex too,
switch0123 1 year ago
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I have got a very good hint for you to keeping the nice old Engine in good shape with todays ultra dry eco fuels: Use 1:100 API TC two stroke oil / fuel mix as regular driving fuel, that keeps the old fuel-system gaskets, rubber parts, alloy parts etc... and cast iron metal surfaces of those vintage engines in excellent shape...and it also lubricates the valves and upper piston regions. Most Porsche vintage owners in Germany do so :) Also keeps carbs and tank clean and rustfree
Klottelitsch 1 year ago
thanks for this!!!!!
Ive learned and worked on Fuel injection all my life. Im getting more and more into restoring and modiffying vintage cars and bikes, so this helps out alot
3star2nr 2 years ago
hey there, good work
did you notice at 6:38 something drops onto the exhaust?
jak4cars 2 years ago
No, missed it. Thanks for viewing.
wfs52 2 years ago
The biggest problem with a lot of carbs is they have "Solex" written on the side! Stay away from these carbs if possible as they are very poor quality. 3 new carbs I brought new all had major defects. carb 1 had a porous body (leaked fuel constantly) Carb 2 had bad casting and blocked accelerator pump Vally and Carb 3 had a porous float which along with the other two nearly blew my VW engine had I not caught the problems early. Very poor quality carb!
extramural 3 years ago
Thanks for the comment. Let me respond. First, I like to say "Solex is a foreign word for crappy carburetor." It's a bit of a joke and has some truth to it. Second, the 44PHH Solex I rebuild are very different from the Solex for a VW, the early cars using 32PICT or 34PICB or similar. But if you have purchased new carbs perhaps they were made in Brazil, India or Malaysia and obviously are of inferior quality. Fortunately, the 50 yr old Solex I rebuild are well cast and free of defects.
wfs52 3 years ago
youtube is great learn something you wouldnt normally see and learn on tv...
thanks!
31funk 3 years ago
bEAUTIFUL
chicagobuilt 3 years ago
Excellent. As you found out, the basics apply to just about all carbs. Most carb problems I see currently are due to the poor quality of fuel we get, letting the carbs sit too long with this poor fuel in them, and trash in the fuel system that clogs the jets. Thanks for writing. Will
wfs52 4 years ago
Nice work. I took this video and applied the ideas to my Motrocraft 2150 2v. It helped me understand how to set the idle speed and fuel mixture. Only exception was the fact that I used a vacuum gage. Thanks!
smithraymond 4 years ago