Stranded on Day 2

[bmohan55]

Guess Saturday was the day for fuel problems, mine died also. After manually worrking the fuel pump I got it going again and it ran fine back home. Turns out the fuel line from the tank to the pump was falling apart and not only "bleeding" bits of rubber into the system but also sucking in air! Another new in-line filter, clean out the sediment bowl and I'm go until.....

[navydevildoc]

What thread is on the fuel fitting. I bet you could retap it with a standard NPT tap and hose barb available from any loca hardware store.

Dunno... the problem is that the threads that stripped are on the inside of the solex on top of the bowl... so I would have to find a way to re-thread those, then find some kind of fitting to go from that rather large hole to something that the fuel line can connect to.

Let me look for a picture of what I am talking about... I'll post it in a second.

[navydevildoc]

Here is a picture with a red box around the threads I am talking about... where the fuel inlet "fitting" goes into the carb.

[greenmeanie]

You may have to lose the banjo fitting and the hard plasdtic fuel line but by the eyeball gauge you should be able to tap that with a 1/4 NPT and use a male NPT to hose barb fitting. It'll be cheaper than a new carb.

[navydevildoc]

You may have to lose the banjo fitting and the hard plasdtic fuel line but by the eyeball gauge you should be able to tap that with a 1/4 NPT and use a male NPT to hose barb fitting. It'll be cheaper than a new carb.

Ahhh... I see what you are getting at. I might stop at Marshall's (huge hardware store here local) and see what they have.

[scott]

doc i've got half a dozen of those carbs. might be able to hook you up. i use a weber 32/36 dgv and will never be mess'n with em.

[navydevildoc]

doc i've got half a dozen of those carbs. might be able to hook you up. i use a weber 32/36 dgv and will never be mess'n with em.

Any particular reason you went with the DGV instead of a single barrel 34ICH?

[scott]

it was on the bugger when i bought it

[navydevildoc]

OK... so I basically need to decide if I want to keep the Solex or jump to something else.

It would seem that the Solex carb has part availability problems, other than scrounging up used ones sitting in peoples garages/sheds/basements. But it seems to work as good as any other carb as long as you keep it clean, and I already have one.

The weber is new, but has a hefty price tag since I have to buy the inexplicably expensive adapter block to put underneath it. But on the other hand I was going to replace the carb eventually anyway as part of my restoration. So instead of doing it later I am doing it sooner.

The third option, which I am not really considering, is the Zenith. Even though they were stock it seems like people have problems with them. With the Weber available, it just doesn't seem like a smart choice.

Does that sound about right to everyone? Am I missing some big piece of the puzzle here?

[scott]

i like the weber 2brl. some say it doesn't work well on the 2.25 but my only problem has been vapor lock which i'm addressing with a carter electric pump, a fuel return line and a remotely located air filter. when running my truck hauls bauls compared to my budy's with his rochester single brl.

the adapter and carb are one time exspences, which i got lucky and didn't have cuz my truck came with the weber.

webers 2brls have been used by auto manufacters and modifiers on just about every make and model. i feel it been test and has passed.

[Tim Smith]

Does that sound about right to everyone? Am I missing some big piece of the puzzle here?

Well you could always just get a Dodge and quit having all this fun.

I think you've got it though.

[bmohan55]

You are forgetting the rochester carb

http://www.expeditionlandrover.info/landRoverFAQ/FAQ_rochester.htm

[59rover]

The only other filter is the screen in the fuel pump. Sediment is a problem. My solex carb is on the work bench with that issue, prob. finish it tomorrow. jim

[Jeff Aronson]

I've got to put a pitch in for the single barrel Weber. One of my II-A's came with the Weber at 111,000 miles. The car now has over 500,000 miles on it. In that time and 18 years of ownership, I've used a Weber carb exclusively.

In that mileage, I've changed out the carb twice and completed one repair - an accelerator pump. The carb that was swapped out was actually good enough to keep as a "spare."

The Weber can be a little lean if you're not careful with the timing and idle mixture, and I find that dry gas helps in winter because of occasional icing - but that's it. I can't remember the last time I had to adjust anything on it, and it's easy to access the filter.

My other II-A has its original Solex, which does seem to have a lot more rubber bits in it that require occasional replacement. The Solex seems to give that Rover more acceleration, but it does not achieve as good mileage as the one with the Weber. Solex gasket kits are still available, but when I broke a metal part, I had to dig out an old Solex to find the part.

The Zenith is an adequate replacement carb [there are plenty out there on a lot of Rovers] but I am a huge fan of the Weber and I recommend it highly.

Jeff

[navydevildoc]

Well, I decided to go with the 32/36 DGV for now... we will see what happens. Should be here sometime this week along with the adapter block. If it doesn't work out, I will look at getting a single barrel Weber.