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sternal wrote:I have listed to all your advice not sure why im being picked on all I havnt done is the rolling road as yet ! jeez

Not sure any mechanic would agree to that !


Tyres are 185/14 bridgstone van type

He wouldn't have to agree to it. Pay for parts and not for labour if they are wrong. They need to put their money where their mouths are. Just plumping for things is well out of order but seems to be the accepted thing. Does my head in. Good job I have found a quality mechanic.

easy sorted move to Norfolk no hills there apparently

not many trades would agree to that great if they did !

norfolk would be a great place to live

to all that have given advice thank you for all your help...

You could drop unlucky and have a worn out camshaft, my CU had good compression on all cylinders would rev up fine and drive on the flat but would get overtaken by a granny on a zimmer frame up the slightest incline. I striped it down and rebuilt with a stock grind replacement camshaft as the lobes on the old one were worn flat now goes up hills fine and will sit at 65 no problem fully laden.

Cured !

Got the van back today after 7 days at the mechanic (he didnt spend 7 days on it !)

Carbs rebuilt, timing set, test drive got to 65mph I didn't go any faster...but thats a great improvement will give it a proper test at the weekend.

Only thing I had to do was the idle was set too low so adjusted both idle screws on the side of carbs and this stopped the almost stalling (mechanic is now away for 2 weeks) I guess this was right to do ?

Thank you for all your help/advice etc

Now can we start fresh ?

NB Rolling road will have to wait till later in the summer to many other things to pay for !

adjusted both idle screws on the side of carbs

There's only one idle screw on the top of the left hand carb. If you've adjusted the volume / mixture screws at the bottom of the carbs then you've done the wrong thing.

ooops !

so what have i done ?

its cured the idling !

do I need to put it back as it was ? and then do idle ?

will it be okay for 2 weeks or will I cause damage ?

How many van's do you have?

Yesterday you were revving the nuts of one. Now you've just got one back after seven days with your mechanic.

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i adjusted basic idle mixture screw on both sides according to the diagram

good or bad thing ?

only the one van I went to the van after work yesterday(Tuesday) and spent 20 mins with the mechanic as I said it was a curiosity question

The screw with the black arrow adjusts the mixture. Their base-line setting is screwed all the way in (not too tight) and then backed out 2 1/2 turns. The idle is adjusted by the single screw on the top of the carb, I think it's a 6mm hex.

so im going to need to reset ? what will happen if I dont ?

I can't decide if your a sock puppet or just naive

naive I hope ! not a clue what a sock puppet is ?