Hi Larry,
Sounds like it is getting there. When they work they are great, when
they don't it's the pits. Mine was still sputtering at 2500 RPM until I
fixed the PCV Valve. So sometimes it is not the carb.
Good luck with the fuel pump. I'm using a icecube pump and a regulator
mounted on the back wall by the diff. It's kind of loud, but a good
reminder when I'm about to run out of gas. Still haven't fixed the
pick-up tube in the tank. Hope to see her at Monterey.
Rick
Larry Miller wrote:
>
> The engine would not run with the DCOE as delivered even though I was
> assured by the vendor that it would. The carb came with the following setup:
>
> 28 mm Chokes
> 45-F9 Idle Jets
> 115 Main Jets
> F16 Emulsion Tubes
> 200 Air Correction Jets
> 40 Pump Jets
>
> The engine would start and after a minute or so of using the "Cold Start"
> would idle ok. You should not have to use the "Cold Start" at all. It would
> not take any throttle, just bog down and die. I could blip the throttle a
> two or three times and get it to rev and it would run at the higher rev once
> you got it there. A slow transition from Idle to Mains was non existent.
> Over the last couple of weeks after much consultation with David Anton at
> APT I have changed it to the following setup:
>
> 28 mm Chokes
> 45-F9 Idle Jets
> 145 Main Jets
> F2 Emulsion Tubes
> 175 Air Correction Jets
> 45 Pump Jets
>
> Other combinations were tried along the way but did not provide much
> improvement.
>
> Out of all of the changes, the richer emulsion tubes made the most
> difference.
>
> Got it running last night and it runs better but not perfect. Still some
> sputtering in transition. Took it out to see how it ran under a load, got
> two blocks, and the new fuel pump died. I know it's the pump and not the
> wiring because I ran a hot wire directly to the pump with no results. Pushed
> it home and parked it.
>
> The pump has less than an hour run time on it but I've had it for 6 months
> or so. Probably will have a hard time getting the vendor to take it back. I
> have not checked yet to see where I got it but I know it was not from Mini
> Mania, too bad, they would take it back.
>
> Larry Miller "Dance like nobody's watching"
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