Hello Everyone. I’m a new guy here, but have been trying to read up quite a bit, as I recently purchased my first Land Rover Vehicle. It’s a 1970 and has the 2.25 petrol engine. Had Jeeps for years, but never one of these.
I’m having a lot of trouble getting it to idle without being choked. Off idle, at around 1500 or 2000 rpm it will run great with no choke. But as soon as I let off the throttle it winds down to a stop.
When it does idle, its somewhat lumpy, but with no rhythm.
So, I fiddle with the idle setting and the idle mixture to no avail.
It dies at any idle setting below about 1000 if no choke, and the mixture screw seems to have no effect.
Makes a loud sucking sound from the carb when it dies.
I just rebuild and “fixed” the zenith, per the direction here:
http://c0007716.cdn2.cloudfiles.rack...ns/RNC959I.pdf
Lapping both, replacing all gaskets, and plugging the port shown in the directions.
I also verified that the fuel pump is working, and I think it was recently replaced or rebuilt. I also replaced the fuel filter. Doesn’t appear to be a problem there.
I have sprayed water and wd-40 around the joints to look for vacuum leaks, none found.
I was able to get it to run a little more smoothly by slapping my hand across the inlet until it slowed and then removing.
It has a crane fireball ignition system, installed by the previous owner. When I mess with the adjustment knob on the distributor, I get no changes.
Only thing that I can think of at this point, is timing or ignition might be the issue.
Perhaps I will replace the spark plugs and wires, and the coil?
I’m not sure how to check the timing but I could probably read my green bible and find out.
Any help or suggestions would be appreciated, I really just want to get this thing going!