the other day i was driving home and all of a sudden my baja (1600 SP w/ 30 pict 2 carb) started coughing a spluttering and wouldnt run properly......i pulled over and the car promptly stalled when i took my foot off the accelerator. I checked the leads and obvious things. i could start the car but then if i tried to take off it would do it again......i limped the car to the end of my road (about 500metres away) and walked the rest of the way home. i then came back later and it was still doing it so i called the guy up the road from me whos got a couple of buggies and a eureka and now a sabre. and when he came down it started and stopped doing it but was still running a little rough. i drove it home figureing there was some crap coming through the fuel filter and had got wedged in a jet. so i bought a new fuel filter and whacked that on and put new line from the tunnel to the fuel filter and from the filter to the fuel pump......there was already new line form the pump to the carb but i flushed it. then i drained the carbie bowl and started the car and it would run but pretty rough....but run all the same. so after work today (ive been driving dads subie) i pulled the carbie off and took the jets out and blew them out with a compressor blew out and fuel passages with the compressor and cleaned any muck out of the carbie bowl, checked the gasgets and then put it all back together and back on the car and started the thing and now its doing the same thing it did on the way home.....coughing and spluttering and it will die unless i keep tapping the accelerator. WHATS WRONG WITH IT?.......surely this is a fuel issue? im going to go see Vince ( the buggie guy) tomorrow and see if he can have a look at it cause its got me stumped. i need this car because its my daily driver (my only registered car) i cant keep driving dads car as it has a very illegally cracked windscreen and well i want to drive my baja anyway!.
can anyone help me?
Nick
[Edited on 2-9-2004 by Anthiron]
[Edited on 3-9-2004 by Anthiron]
62/60 model bug eye baja bug, (Full Build in Progress)
1974 Chevrolet Luv
1970 MK2 Ford Cortina GT
1979 Yamaha RX125 Two Stroke tracker project.
2004 Harley Davidson Sportster XL Custom
Anthiron wrote:009 bosch but it was running fine before this happend.....the gasgets are perfect....as i said i only rebuilt this carb about a month ago
This is why I think its not a fuel problem..... If you have replaced the fuel lines, filter and the carb looks ok and its still doing it what make you feel its still fuel... I would start looking at points, dist/cap or the capacitor.
At a guess I would say its the capacitor but I'm a long way away and can't see whats goin' on :thumb
Try changing the condensor on the dizzy (not too exy to replace) - I had similar symptoms on my 1200 a while back. Tried the same carb cleansing rituals, leads, plugs, rotor button etc. - of course the condensor was the last thing I checked!
Not 100% sure this is the problem for you, but just another consideration.
thanks dasdubber i might try that......the dissy cap looks fine i already checked that......the points arent worn or burnt or anything strange and the rotor button looks fine.
62/60 model bug eye baja bug, (Full Build in Progress)
1974 Chevrolet Luv
1970 MK2 Ford Cortina GT
1979 Yamaha RX125 Two Stroke tracker project.
2004 Harley Davidson Sportster XL Custom
To test the capacitor "condensor" take the cap off then turn the crank till the points open. take the wire that goes from the distributor to the coil off. get a multi meter or a test light, if your using a m/meter put one end on the distributor wire and the other to gound and test for resistance, or with a test light put one end on the wire and one on the + side of the coil (make sure the ignition is on) and the other on the distributor wire if it lights up its stuffed. what your looking for is if it gounds with the points open...:thumb
Your carby manifold is leaking or cracked. It's happened to me twice. Just run it and push the carby to one side at a time to see if you can block the leak temporarily. Even then if you can't see a difference, it's still probably the manifold or manifold gasket...
i had a little bit of shit in the points and the gap setting was a bit wrong..........BUT THE BAJA IS BACK NOW!!!! running like a dream. i hate simple things that piss you off.
62/60 model bug eye baja bug, (Full Build in Progress)
1974 Chevrolet Luv
1970 MK2 Ford Cortina GT
1979 Yamaha RX125 Two Stroke tracker project.
2004 Harley Davidson Sportster XL Custom
Anthiron wrote:i had a little bit of shit in the points and the gap setting was a bit wrong..........BUT THE BAJA IS BACK NOW!!!! running like a dream. i hate simple things that piss you off.
I love the simple things.... they don't cost that much money...lol
Good to hear its on the road again.:thumb
did you get the brake stuff yet.?
Craig Torrens6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion
