[Mgs] demurred mga start

[Clayton Kirkwood]

I have a 62 MkII with a two carb setup. What are the diffs between the three
that you mention? I'll check the plugs after cranking for a while but given
no gas smell I expect stuck floats or needles.

 

TIA,

 

Clayton

 

From: PaulHunt73 [mailto:paulhunt73 at virginmedia.com] 
Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 1:57 AM
To: crk at godblessthe.us; mgs at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Mgs] demurred mga start

 

A lot depends on whether the car was running normally when it started its
long down time in which case it should be pretty easy to get going again,
or had some problem that made it a non-runner and was then left.  In that
case it could be anything, and if someone has been trying to fix it and
failed then there could now be any number of things wrong with it.

 

Cranking for a while with the choke out should result in a strong fuel smell
if fuel is getting through, and the plugs should be soaked.  If they are dry
there is no fuel getting through.  Float valves could be gummed up.  

 

Year?  Carbs?  If HSs give the top of the float chamber a sharp rap with the
plastic or wood handle of a large screwdriver, or similar.  But if HSs then
it's easy enough to remove the lids and look inside.  HIFs are a real pain
as the 'lid' is on the bottom so it's a real fiddle to get them off unless
you remove the carbs, and you should replace the O-ring seal.  The Zenith
looks much the same, so try rapping the lower body in those cases.  In
either case the symptom of stuck float valves would be little or no
chattering of the fuel pump when you first turned on the ignition, with
empty twin carbs this would normally go on for a few seconds.

 

HSs could have the float bowls full, but the jet pipes blocked with muck, or
the seal where the pipe screws in to the float bowl decomposed.  With the
air cleaners off check you can lift the carb pistons, and that the needles
come out of the jets.

 

As for old fuel it depends where you live.  If you have land burn it, if you
live in a neighbourhood with a waste oil disposal facility nearby then they
may take it.

 

PaulH.

 

 

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Two things in question:

1)      How do you dispose of drained gas from the tank?

2)      Initial suggestions for determining fault in restarting my A after
draining and refilling tank and a long down time?

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