Bob338

Hi, I found a burnt piece of cloth and an old fashioned cigarette lighter in the fuel tank of an Austin Champ, looked like the would-be arsonist messed up and dropped the lighter in as he tried to fire the vehicle.

Thanks for that Sean, I've done the usual stuff with the carb, in fact, fitted two rebuilt ones, fitted a new inlet/exhaust manifold, new gaskets, changed the plugs and leads, fitted a brand new coil (£30), timing set up with a bulb across the points etc. There is no mixture adjustment on the carb, and it is the 361V. She starts up well on choke, runs great, then as the engine warms up, starts missing and back firing, something appears to be breaking down as it gets warm, next stop is the condensor (although I have my doubts). Regards, Bob

Many thanks, I'll have another look at it, although if it's the 'O' ring about an inch and a half dia, I have replaced it with a new one. I've now replaced the inlet and exhaust mainifolds + gaskets, still keeps backfiring. Regards, Bob

My S3 Lightweight's running rough. I've set the timing up (light bulb across the points etc), plugs + points ok. There's no adjustment on the carb (Solex), yet it appears to be running very rich. I've rebuilt the carb, plus a replacement one, with new jets etc swapped them both back and forth, no change. Choke appears to work and release ok. Any ideas anyone? Cheers, Bob