Wrapping up the Carburetors

 Evening Folks,

Didn't have time to do a post yesterday so will combine todays and yesterdays.  Ran into a few issues with them but was able to make some gaskets and fix a few things along the way.  All of the 'O' rings in the carbs have been hard and brittle so was definitely worth the effort to rebuild them.  ZS  carbs have an 'O' ring in the bottom of the float bowl that fits a plastic plug, when these get old the carbs leak fuel.

Included this picture to show the adjustable needle valve. The 'O' ring was beyond doing what it was intended to do and broke as I removed it.  The Carburetor should not have to be topped up with oil as frequently now.

The carbs mounted to the intake manifold, it has a two piece manifold which made installing the carbs almost pleasant compared to removal

This is one of the "ball and socket" linkages that had been held in place with tape, the socket was obviously intended for a larger ball and would slip right off.  I considered several option and figured out a way to make it work by drilling it and wiring it. Now the carbs can be synchronized with the sloop removed. 

The kits were missing a few gaskets so I made the ones for the intake plenum


Carbs installed back on the engine and trying to remember how all the linkages and hoses ran, sure glad I took some pictures before and after





Well, that's it for today, Oh one last thing, the throttle cable was pinned by a screw rather than a clamp.  Why is that a problem? It made it so the cable was no longer adjustable and damaged the cable.


Cheers,

Lynn

5 hrs
 

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