shopnut Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 My Carryall came to a halt to-day, engine just spluttered and stopped, when the hood was lifted, fuel was pouring from throttle spindle, after being towed back to the yard, carb. was removed and stripped, could not see any obvious fault, but suspect float/needle valve problem. After re-assembly and refitting, all was o/k again, although not test driven, will be going to Beltring in just over a week, as any one else had a similar problem?? Carb. is a Zenith, black ' coffee pot' type. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon_M Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Stuck inlet valve on the carb / float, however.... Drain your big fuel filter and look for c!"p, consider taking spare fuel hoses, pump, and so on in the toolbox, and get used to cleaning the carb out. Regualr draining of the big filter will help, if there is a lot of stuff in it (apart from petrol) consider cleaning the tank too. Gordon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shopnut Posted July 13, 2009 Author Share Posted July 13, 2009 Thanks Gordon for the information, will do that prior Beltring. Regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Stuck inlet valve on the carb / float, however.... Drain your big fuel filter and look for c!"p, consider taking spare fuel hoses, pump, and so on in the toolbox, and get used to cleaning the carb out. Regualr draining of the big filter will help, if there is a lot of stuff in it (apart from petrol) consider cleaning the tank too. Gordon Good advice indeed. My Dodge filter looked like someone made coffee in it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon_M Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 That's very much a last resort. These big filters are great, and last for ever, but regular draining is the thing and avoid dismantling at that joint wherever possible. It's actually better to take the whole thing off and rinse or back flush it than dismantle, as the top joint is a b!"£$r. The big fuel filter is like the cartridge oil filter in that getting it to re-seal when you reassemble is a problem. Cleaning, new rubber ring, all that stuff, and it still might not seal, then you try and tighten the main holding bolt that extra 1/4 turn and ... ping! I normally suggest to other Dodge owners that they pick up complete spares of the fuel filter, oil filter, fuel pump, carb, starter, and waterpump, together with a complete set of radiator and fuel hose plus a gasket kit. If you have all this lot on the shelf, or better still stowed on the truck, you can bet you'll never need them, but the one thing you don't have will let go some wet Sunday night miles from anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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