More running issues
Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2021 8:27 pm
Hey everyone,
I had my 32' Sports gearbox overhauled and a few other jobs done by John Parker at the end of October. It has been running lovely since and have taken it out on a few nice journeys. However, this afternoon I pushed it out the unit just so I could run it up to temperature and shunt it up and down the drive a few times to keep the brakes free but it wasn't behaving very well.
I left it ticking over for a good 30 minutes, giving it some revs every now and then to warm it up. When I wasn't giving it any gas though it was idling too low, not stalling, but always seemed on the verge. Then when attempting to put it into gear to move away the revs dipped so low that I had to keep a steady pressure on the throttle to stop it stalling. I thought pulling away would be fine as it just seemed the idle was too low but sure enough each time I put it into gear and moved off it went a few feet before conking out.
Now I don’t want to go undoing all of John's hard work tuning the carbs so before going and increasing the idle speed I thought I'd get some advice first. Could it be as simple as the idle speed causing this? And even if that's not the solution its definitely idling much lower than last week so is that normal that they should require fettling so often?
My initial plan was to up the idle speed a bit and see if that does the trick. Otherwise strip the carbs and give them a clean as the inline filter has a small amount of rust (And give that a clean too) which might have made its way intothe carbs. But any advice from people who know what they are doing would be great!
One other small thing, my fuel gauge always reads full despite having a new tank sender unit. I want to get this sorted it drives me insane! Should I try buying another gauge and see if that sorts it? Or should I buy a complete gauge, wiring and sender assembly to guarantee they will all work together? Out of curiosity what would the original gauge manufacturer be? Currently it is an AC unit same as this:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AC-PETROL-GA ... 635-2958-0
But the speedo is Jaeger and the oil pressure/coolant temperature is Smith's. If I get a full new assembly would be good to get the original manufacturer.
Thanks all!
George
I had my 32' Sports gearbox overhauled and a few other jobs done by John Parker at the end of October. It has been running lovely since and have taken it out on a few nice journeys. However, this afternoon I pushed it out the unit just so I could run it up to temperature and shunt it up and down the drive a few times to keep the brakes free but it wasn't behaving very well.
I left it ticking over for a good 30 minutes, giving it some revs every now and then to warm it up. When I wasn't giving it any gas though it was idling too low, not stalling, but always seemed on the verge. Then when attempting to put it into gear to move away the revs dipped so low that I had to keep a steady pressure on the throttle to stop it stalling. I thought pulling away would be fine as it just seemed the idle was too low but sure enough each time I put it into gear and moved off it went a few feet before conking out.
Now I don’t want to go undoing all of John's hard work tuning the carbs so before going and increasing the idle speed I thought I'd get some advice first. Could it be as simple as the idle speed causing this? And even if that's not the solution its definitely idling much lower than last week so is that normal that they should require fettling so often?
My initial plan was to up the idle speed a bit and see if that does the trick. Otherwise strip the carbs and give them a clean as the inline filter has a small amount of rust (And give that a clean too) which might have made its way intothe carbs. But any advice from people who know what they are doing would be great!
One other small thing, my fuel gauge always reads full despite having a new tank sender unit. I want to get this sorted it drives me insane! Should I try buying another gauge and see if that sorts it? Or should I buy a complete gauge, wiring and sender assembly to guarantee they will all work together? Out of curiosity what would the original gauge manufacturer be? Currently it is an AC unit same as this:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AC-PETROL-GA ... 635-2958-0
But the speedo is Jaeger and the oil pressure/coolant temperature is Smith's. If I get a full new assembly would be good to get the original manufacturer.
Thanks all!
George