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

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Hi Adam,

the gasket set came from dunsfold and I paid 13.xx GBP plus 5 GBP shipment
to Germany. It includes all the gaskets plus membranes and springs for the
accelerator pump and the needle screw for the idle control.

No instructions are included. Two copper screws came with it but I had no
use for them on my carb. They be for another model.

Ulrico

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

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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<http://groups.msn.com/TheSeriesOneGarage/ulricossi80inchproject.msnw?action
> =ShowPhoto&PhotoID=3658> &PhotoID=3658
>  
> Ulrico
>  
>  
>  
> Mit freundlichen Gr|ssen/ Best regards/ Mes compliments
>  
> Ulrico Becker
>  
> LOGIKA AG
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