Solex carburators

[John Larson]

Trust me, I'm not a crook ..... .008" and .016" are the real numbers.  Fix
that, then look at the other stuff. John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Hoffman" <billzcat1 at hotmail.com>
To: "John Larson" <j.d.larson at verizon.net>; <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 9:18 PM
Subject: Re: Solex carburators


> 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?  :<,)
> >
> >
>