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    Spray foam found on green goddess

    in British Vehicles

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    If you look at the rear of the vehicle, below and to the right of the main water inlet, there is a foam concentrate inlet socket.

    About an inch bore. In your CES there should be a pipe that fits onto this socket (about six foot long) this pipe sucks the concentrate into the pump and mixes it with water on its way out.

    I will try to find a photo of ours pumping foam at Rochdale Fire Service Museum.

    Unusual Fault on a Solex 48NNIP Carburettor (J60/CVRT)

    in Tracked vehicles

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    This maybe useful to anyone having slow running problems with a J60 engine.

     

    We cleaned the carburettor and jets using compressed air, as well as carb cleaner, then we found a jet with a damaged thread on top of the venturi tube (solex 190). The jet would not seat properly.

     

    After removing and cleaning the idle mixture screws, by chance I injected compressed air into the mixture screw holes only to find that there were air leaks between the 2 halves of the carburettor body accompanied by bubbling carb cleaner at the joint.

     

    The carburettor is in two halves with a gasket between. The 5 socket head screws holding the 2 parts of the carburettor together were all loose, even after tightening there were still slight leaks, so presumably the carburetor joints were warped. The fix was a very thin coat of Hylomar.

     

    These issues, including a dirty carburettor will have contributed to poor running, and the joint leak may never have been found were it not by chance. Worth a check if you cannot get the vehicle to idle properly.

     

    Diana

     

     

    Thanks for the heads-up, I have to strip one in a couple of weeks time.

    yes it is an unusual problem

    Saracen, did you know?

    in British Vehicles

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    Here's a photo of mine that had a rebuild in '88

    It appears to have clansman fitted at that rebuild.

    As yet i don't have the vehicles full history, but i will.

    and i will take more pics of the clansman boxes fitted elsewhere in the vehicle.

    harness works all round, and in the turret.

     

    sarry 1.jpg

     

    I hope this may shed some light ?

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