The reason you keep your foot off the juice pedal while starting is because
the throttles are wide open when you depress the accelerator while starting,
defeating the purpose of the choke settings when they are correctly set up.
I have owned my baby for 20+ years and never had a problem starting, even in
20 degree weather.
I use an electric fuel pump and wait for it to fill the bowls before trying
to start my car.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "shifty" <shifty@best.com>
To: "Andrew Murphy" <solex67@hotmail.com>; <les@classicdatsun.com>
Cc: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 9:25 PM
Subject: Re: First lesson learned
> I used to start the car with the pedal to the floor and would crank for
> longer periods. Usually was not hard to start if run recently - it does
seem
> to take a few cranks to get the fuel to the carbs.
>
> I'm sure the mixture is rich, but fixing the choke might help. Carbs were
> tuned at Solvang last year.
>
> So proper startup procedure is:
>
> SU - depress the gas pedal a small amount and turn the key. NO PUMPING
>
> Solex - pump them 3-4 times to start
>
> Leigh Brooks
>
>
> on 3/12/01 5:46 PM, Andrew Murphy at solex67@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> > All,
> >
> > OK, so SUs don't have accelerator pumps like solexes. OK, then what did
> > cause the problem? I went out and the engine was cold. I mean I pumped
it
> > three or four times and then tried to start it up. Engine cranked for as
> > long as 10-15 seconds a try and I tried for about 15 minutes. Nada.
> >
> > came back an hour later. Put the key in the ignition and standing next
to
> > the car, it turned over and ran great all day.
> >
> > So what is up?
> >
> > Andrew Murphy
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