"Start ya Ba*tard!" Kind of a problem but not really..

[Goon]

Okay atm

I've changed my fuel pumps over again was VC to WB now back to VC

Okay shes kicking over atm and firing, but not enough to actully start her running

I'm currently charging the battery atm as i suspect its getting flat..

Any ideas on some other ways i could try and kick her over? I tried fuel down the carb but that didnt work, so now im on the battery case...

ps. my timing is perfect so no going there !!!
pss. cant clutch, shes an Auto

[Pub247]

are you sure its getting spark have you tested it? is the fuel pump pumping petty?

[Goon]

Yeah mate ive done both, she zapped me cause i was leaning on the side a bit

[Boonz]

if you have a spare coil (working properly) start there and work your way thru

[Goon]

I tested the coil to mate, thats how i got zapped. lol!

I do if a spare lead, i will try that after if the battery fails

[Pub247]

i would defently get another coil even if it has got spark it might not be strong enough. All you should need is fuel spark and compression to start the car. if the timing is correct have played with the carbie? the idle screw or air/fuel ratio? you might flooded it if you poured too much petty down. that ezy start can shit is good for helping start cars

[Goon]

The aboves all good mate, Well it should be!

I suspect its the battery , oh well i know in a few hours

[253@7k]

Is it a pionts dizzy?

If so check the point gap. That sounds like a probable cause.

[85berlina]

Make sure you check your float level. Last time I did a carby rebuild, somehow the float level changed and the engine kept flooding. You have to be really accurate with these varajets and the float level.

Also, its probably a dumb question, but are you pumping or playing with the accelerator to start at all.

[Maccar]

If you flood it, just hold your foot flat to the floor and keep on cranken. As a general guide to get mixture right wind screw all the way in and then 2.5 turns out. Those settings should at least get her running so u can make your adjustments.

[Goon]

I tried the accelarator pumping bitto start it, i even tried my normal way of starting her...

Maccar It could be the mixer screw .... if i marked a spot on my screw driver, whatever the mark stops, would i just turn it anticlockwise twice then half of a turn? to acheive 2.5

Just making sure i do things correctly.

ps. is that the setting for your ride? just thats yours is EFI

[Goon]

Cheers MACCAR

It cut my engine noise in half and doubled my exhaust sound

[Alan Shore]

I had this sorta problem in my VK...not sure if its the same thing...but it sounds like it. Try a new fuel regulator...I got mine tested and was told that it was just flooding...letting in too much fuel. This could be your problem...either too much or not enough...hope this helps...

[Maccar]

ps. is that the setting for your ride? just thats yours is EFI

Nah i have always had carb cars, just got this one so im a little nervous. 2.5 turns for mixture screws is a sorta standard (i say "sorta" very loosley). Most of the time if the mixture is the problem that will fix it enough to get it running and then you can make adjustments properly.

[Grantis1976]

If the motor not ur car, then where atre you keeping the battery???

Keeping the battery on the ground will kill it in a couple of days, then will need charging again. Only needs to be sitting up on a block of timber or similar, so it not earthing !

[Goon]

Thanks again maccar

[85berlina]

Hi,
This might sound really dumb, but a while ago I rebuilt carby and I was just wondering where the mixture screw was.
Its a VK with a varajet and I know that the VK varajet is slightly different to the VC varajet.

[Goon]

My mixer is a flat screw located at the bottom of the carb, kind of inside it ... you will have to look for it, where as my idle screw is on the outside area of the carb closer to the accelarator cable.

Just make sure u know what you are doing mate

[Outlaw Torn]

on a varajet 2, the mix screw is on the left hand side (looking from front)

[Goon]

There may even be a hose or 2 closer to it.

[electric_monk]

Hey I've been fiddling with the float level on my varajet and was wondering what distance you've put between the top of the carby and the top of the float, I put around 8mm at the moment. Although it is a rough measurement.

[85berlina]

8mm is the correct float level.
I found when I rebuilt my carby that you have to be very accurate, so, be very accurate!

[jake87]

when i rebuilt mine the paper that came with the carb kit said to have 6mm

[85berlina]

My Gregories and Max Ellery manual both say 8mm and mine is running great at the moment, I found that anything else other than 8mm and it would run bad.

[Goon]

Yeah that 6mm by the people who made the carby, but by holden it was more likely and is 8mm