Webbo

Thanks Pete, looks like another carb strip down again. Still its quite a therapeutic pastime. Cheers Stu

Thanks for the reply gents. Think I need to find out why the plugs are getting so sooted up. The carb has been reconed and seems to work as it should and the mixture, I think ,is set about right. When the engine is running I shut the choke off as soon as I can and leave it to run for a while so it warms right up, but the plugs still soot up. A couple of times the float chamber has flooded, could this cause the problem ? stu

HI derekskill, had a bad day yesterday. Today put some new unleaded fuel hose on , checked the spark at the plugs, seemed ok they gave a reasonable yellow spark, and cleaned the plugs which were badly sooted up again , I don't think the mixture is that rich. Anyway it started well and ran well for only about 30 seconds and then went back to the lumpy running. I am wondering if the plugs may be the problem, they are a new set. I am running alden electronic ignition, with ngk bp6es plugs . Do you know if standard plugs are good for electronic ignition ? cheers , Stu

hi , well, car back to rough running after a very brief spell ok. after putting in new plugs car seemed to run as it did before the winter, sorted , or so I thought. No way, so I bought more new fuel and tried running it straight from the can, no change, checked the plugs, sooty black ! Cleaned plugs and put the newer carb back on ,again !!! It started well and ran ok for a moment but fuel started coming out of the float chamber gasket and then it stopped. Took off float chamber and pulled a sliver of rubber out of the float valve, (there seemed to be a fair amount of tiny black specs in the float chamber that have managed to evade the in line filter) put it back together ,started it , made a faint pop and white smoke came billowing out of the air filter, never done that before. Disconnected the battery, turned garage light out , went indoors . Fed up.

thanks for the encouragement gents, going away for the next week which is good timing, hopefully when I get back my enthusiasm will be restored and will have another crack at it. cheers, Stu

Pete, I need to change the oil seal in the timing chain cover as there is a slight oil leak. Richard, am a little bit down on enthusiasm at the moment , if and when it picks up that seems like a plan, incidentally, , I put the breaker bar on the off side but it seems to me it has the same effect whichever side it's on , or am I missing something? Stu

Richard, I tried the method you suggested , the set up worked well but it did not manage to undo the nut. it looks almost like it is rusted on. so I took starter motor out put a clamp on the flywheel ,still would not budge. then I hit the nut the nut with a heavy duty punch and a lump hammer, still did not budge ,so I bolted it back together and gave up. Stu ps. Pete, cant see any locking device on the Herald

i am hoping not to have to take out the starter motor as I find it a real pain, but if option two does not do it then will have to go down that route. thanks for the input.

thanks a lot gents that's brilliant, will give it a go. cheers , Stu

Hi, I need to undo the massive 37mm fwd crankshaft nut , can anyone tell me , before I get the welder out, an effective and less drastic way of stopping the crankshaft from turning ? thanks

duly noted. could not seem to hear it today. getting a reading of 70psi cold to 60psi warm on the oil pressure gauge, but will try the screwdriver thing. thanks, Stu

not entirely sure what to listen for when it comes to determining which bearings are playing up.

Well, I put some new ngk plugs in this afternoon and that seemed to sort it , though I do kind of think fuel quality might have played it's part. However my pleasure was short lived as I could hear an ominous rumbling/knocking noise coming from the engine. Oh well, that will get my attention for the next few weeks I suppose. many thanks for all your input. Stu

Thanks for all the input everyone, have just bought some plugs , if there is no result with them. will put some fresh petrol through. cheers, Stu

Will try some new plugs over the weekend and see if that does anything, if not will look into the petrol . cheers, Stu