[Spridgets] HIF6 Problem

[brian]

You might have had a stuck needle. Was there any gas in it when you took it
off?
Brian

On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 9:32 AM Michael MacLean via Spridgets <
spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:

>      Removed the HIF6 carb yesterday and took it to David Anton at APT.
> He's only five miles away and he sold me the carb anyway.  Well, David is
> in England visiting family, so I took the carb home and decided to take it
> apart myself again.  I had just rebuilt it before this with a new needle
> and seat and a new bottom seal.  I had also adjusted the float before
> putting it back together.
>      I put it back together again after finding nothing wrong with it.
> When I reinstalled it, the car started right up.  Don't ask me what is
> different.  Nothing as far as I can see, but I must have done something
> wrong in the reassembly the first time.  As an aside I did find out the
> rubber connectors on both ends of the vacuum advance line from the carb to
> the vacuum unit on the distributor were toast.  They were all dried out and
> cracked, so there was no advance in the timing at the higher RPMs.  Things
> happen for a reason I guess.
>      Yes I had drained the old gas and put fresh gas in the tank before
> the first rebuild of a couple of weeks ago.  Now I can proceed with the
> front end alignment.  (I just reconditioned the suspension, brakes and
> steering. It's been 20 years since the restoration)  Also have to drain and
> refill the Datsun transmission with Redline MT-90.  An oil change and a
> valve adjustment are also needed.  Let's hope the rear axle seal doesn't
> leak this time.  Being retired is beginning to feel like work.  I guess I
> missed British Car week too.  Thanks all for the input.  Should Have known
> it was probably my ham handed mechanical repair.
> Mike M.
>
> On Tuesday, June 4, 2019, 8:58:20 AM PDT, CosmicMag1380 <
> cosmicmag1380 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Mike,
>
> Did you drain the old fuel out and put fresh gas in? The ethanol fuels
> separate out and the heavy gunk that settles on the bottom does not burn!
> Since it is at the bottom of the tank where the pickup is, it may have been
> sucked through and stalled your engine.
>
> Kent
>
> On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 4:52 PM rrengineer.mike via Spridgets <
> spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>
> As some of you know I just rebuilt the entire suspension, steering and
> brakes on my Bugeye.  Because of this the ethanol in the gas gummed up the
> workings of my single HIF6 carb, so I rebuilt it with a new viton tipped
> needle and bottom seal angle cleaned the insides out of the ethanol
> residue.  Yesterday I started the car up and it ran better than ever for
> about a minute and quit.  It would not start after that.  I checked for
> spark,  yes.  I checked for fuel flow to the carb, yes.  It has to be the
> carb.  I have it off the car now and I am taking it apart.  Any ideas of
> what I should be looking for?
> Mike MacLean
>
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