Solex carburators

[Tom Nas]

"Richard Hoffman" <billzcat1 at hotmail.com> wrote:

>Hello, I am getting tired of dicking around with the carb on my 100LS. I
>rebuilt it and the car ran positively great for about a week, then slowly
>ran worse and worse and started backfiring up through the carb.  I've
>already verified that the timing is correct and the vacuum and mechanical
>advances work on the distributor.  Points and dwell are properly set. Choke
>is working correctly and is also properly set.  Plugs, wires, cap, and rotor
>are new.  Fuel filter, lines, and pump are new and the gas is good and
>clean.

And is the tank clean also?

A friend of mine had problems keeping his '76 100 Coupé S running smoothly.
It had been standing for years when he bought it... he took the tank out
and cleaned it, but it still needs a fuel filter for the remaining crud.

Tom