Solex carburators

[Richard Hoffman]

Well the number I got was from one of the manuals I have here...often their
numbers don't correspond for the same statistic.  Lets see, I have 2 Haynes,
Clymer, InterEurope, and one brown one I don't remember the name of.  I
don't have them handy or else I'd get that name too.  Its often a matter of
reading them all and seeing if 2 books agree with each other!
Richard
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Larson" <j.d.larson at verizon.net>
To: "Richard Hoffman" <billzcat1 at hotmail.com>; <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 6:16 PM
Subject: Re: Solex carburators


> "The valve gap is somewhat hard to set, as the recommended setting is
.002"
> and my feeler gauge doesn't go that low.  If that were off, then my
> compression would suffer, wouldn't it?"
>
> .002"?  Naaahhh.  I don't know where you got that number.  It's .008" for
> the intakes, .016" for the exhausts, hot, running.
> Get it hot and shut it off.  You get a foot long piece of 5mm VW fuel hose
> and tie wrap it in a "J".  Put the short side on the oil sprayer, the long
> part down into the rocker box.  I think there's a drainback hole there.
> Been a long time!  Put some shop rags along the lower side of the head to
> keep the oil off the manifold and start the car.  Adjust the valves like a
> Chevy, using a long feeler gauge, adjusting each valve in turn so there's
> good drag on the gauge.  If you're doing it cold to get a initial setup,
> .014" is good.
> The tight valves could account for at least part of the intake backfire,
and
> certainly affects the idle speed and carb adjustment.  Those timing chain
> tensioners are virtually failure proof, and are in nearly every pushrod
Brit
> and Japanese car ever made.  HTH, John, not sure some memories should be
> dragged up ..............
> Psssssttt! Wanna buy a "collectable" Clymer 100 LS manual?  :<,)
>
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