Re: SER1 The first trials to start the engine - Day 6 - SUCCESS !!!!!!!!!!!!

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Hi Ulrico,

   Congratulations on getting it running!!  

I have a quick couple of questions for you about the
carburettor gaskets - as I just finished pulling my
carb. apart last night, and it's in dire need of new
gaskets as well.  When you bought yours did you
replace every paper gasket and 'fibre washer' as
individual pieces, or purchase a "gasket set"?  Also,
where did you purchase these items from?  Craddoks
lists a "gasket set" for the Solex carburettor for
£18, but tallying up the prices of the individual bits
seems much less expensive; just wondering if there're
additional fiddly bits/instructions/something you get
when you purchase the whole set.

Thanks in advance, and congrats again!
Take care,
-- Adam

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> HA!!!!!
>  
> It works! 
>  
> Cleaning the carb seems to have done the trick.
> After fitting the carb again
> I could not resist to give it a try, defying the
> cold. It coughed and with
> some patience it eventually sprang to life.
>  
> I let it run for about 20 seconds and repeated this
> after an hour. The carb
> is still bleeding a bit through the joints although
> they are new. I suppose
> that, like with many paper joints, they have to suck
> up the liquid first
> befor being really tight.
>  
> It is a good feeling to know that this hurdle is
> taken now!
>  
> But it seems to consume an awful amount of fuel. I
> think it swallowed 5 or 6
> times the content of a 10cc syringe which I used to
> fill the floating
> chamber. Could it be that there is a leak somewhere?
>  
> The picture shows the carb and the effect of boiling
> it in concentrated
> vinegar.
>  
>
http://groups.msn.com/TheSeriesOneGarage/ulricossi80inchproject.msnw?action=
> ShowPhoto
>
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> =ShowPhoto&PhotoID=3658> &PhotoID=3658
>  
> Ulrico
>  
>  
>  
> Mit freundlichen Grüssen/ Best regards/ Mes
> compliments
>  
> Ulrico Becker
>  
> LOGIKA AG
>  
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>  
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