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All good - gave it a good clean when I swapped the carbs back yesterday. New gaskets too.

tobydog wrote: ↑25 May 2022, 20:42 Something to do with the distributor vacuum advance??

Appears to work OK - like I say I remade the carb end of the tube today as it wasn’t the greatest and along with other bits things appear to have improved…..

I would of said look at accelerator pump or float height on the carb, but as you have changed the carb then that p#sses on that... what about the auto choke? Does that work ok?   Well it works in as much as it starts and idles from cold, and the same from warm…. I’m not sure what else to check on i...

Anyone got any other suggestions? Or can point me at the correct wiring diagram in the Bentley manual? 

Thanks for that - 

I think mine differs in that it does it from cold (is slightly better when hot), and I think I've covered all the issues raised in that thread - shame they never came back with the ultimate solution to theirs though......

UPDATE - checked fuel pump flow by starting the van with the outlet hose into a pop bottle - seems to be healthy, good flow, rapid strong spurts. 

So I know this topic has been covered time and again - believe me I feel like I've read them all - but I'm at the end of my rope here.  Revs die off on acceleration, then there's a lag where the engine appears to die before they pick up and the van accelerates almost  normally, usually with a few mi...

Awesome thread, explains the process so easily and fully (having just used it to pull the GB on mine), so thanks for that Itchy. Only thing I would add to anyone using this as a reference guide would be when lowering the engine at the front to take care that you're not stretching/stressing any cable...

Nice one Aidan, thank you, that makes sense -

As the snag has kept changing (and it was running fine-ish before) I haven’t been looking at the basics like plugs and leads - worth a look or am I barking up the wrong tree?

Cheers,

Scott

Hi all - appreciate my timing may not have been the greatest, asking for advice over the holidays.

Anyone got any suggestions?

Cheers.

So whatever adjustments I made yesterday means that whereas before the van would start on the button, now it’s reluctant to start and run from cold - adjusted the idle screw and got it running, and again it was popping and banging. Once it was fully hot it seemed to be better, and I was able to have...

So I’ve been out playing most of the day, and I’ve managed to get it running to the stage where the engine was up to temperature and things did seem to improve. I was adjusting the CO/mixture screw and the idle screw and managed to keep it running as it warmed up, and it got to the point where it wa...

First of all, Happy New Year Everyone - may your vans give you bother no more than 50% of the time this year. An update on the above - cone filter appeared clean (but I cleaned it anyway), Main fuel filter isn't easy to see as the body of it is semi-opaque though there's nothing obvious and it was r...

So just an update - I replaced the hose today, van fired up beautifully (when I eventually got it to turn over properly). You could see daylight through the old one, and the replacement seems to have made a real difference. Engine still died when I floored it, but that’s another problem. Thanks agai...

Update -

Couldn’t stop myself, I went back out and checked it, the brake servo vacuum hose is absolutely shot. Looking at it it’s probably original.

When I get chance I’ll substitute it with a bit of hose to prove it’s the cause, but like I say there’s one on order anyway.

Thanks again.