Recent content by trunk

Went down the scappy on new years eve morning and butchered a carb and dizzy from an old k10. Decided to swap the dizzy over first as I was sick of looking at carbs. Fired it up afterwards and it appears to be fine now. So I've now got a spare carb in the garage if anyone needs one?

Ok well there doesn't appear to be any crud/discolouration in the fuel filter and this problem came on quite suddenly so I guess it isn't fuel contam. I had a play with it this afternoon and noticed the following things: It ticks over much better when the auto choke butterfly is closed. Once it...

Oh yeh and I had a look at the float chamber level and it appears to be full to the middle so i think thats ok. Good point about the contaminated fuel though. Maybe water has got in somehow... I think theres about £20 in the tank. What would you suggest? Draining it from the tank and then...

I think you might be right... I just fitted the plugs, leads, dizzy cap/arm and coil and its exactly the same as it was. I won't be able to get the used dizzy and carb till after xmas now. I genuinely hate this car right now grr

Ok well I had the carb in the kitchen sink and gave it a good jetting all over with carb cleaner. Re-fitted it and it hasn’t made a spot of difference. In fact it seems to be getting slightly worse as time goes on as it’ll only idle for a 10 seconds now and then just gives up. I’m beginning to...

To be honest the idea of taking it all apart and just making it worse given my lack of experience was worrying me. I think I'll just get a can of carb cleaner and give it a good blast inside and out and try it out. It's just so frustrating not to know if the problem is electrical or carb related.

Ok well I got the carb off and in the kitchen last night (the girlfriend ain't happy). I'll get some carb cleaner and instant gasket on the way home from work and then spend the evening taking it apart, cleaning the bits and bobs and putting it all back together again. If that doesn't fix it...

Hi, My K10 has recently developed some serious issues. It idles just about ok, doesn't seem to be misfiring or anything but could be more stable and will occasionally stall. More seriously, when given partial throttle it hesitates and then stalls. Sometimes if its given full throttle it will...