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  1. Coming back on my original question did any one try either zenith carbs?

     

    In the meantime I got the 24mm version, and it works!

     

    One little issue is the quality, the idle needle bore is offset and the needle is too far open making the mixture too rich at idle. Zenith does not respond tot my claim, even when pictures show the offset clearly. Sending the whole thing back to the US will cost me a fortune. Now I machined the bore and I am getting there.

     

    Acceleration is great and the engine is running like new. 

    With a better service and quality from zenith of would be a good buy🙁

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  2. One of the two carbs is made for a Ford 3000 tractor , the other one for a perkins 4 cyl 238 CID. both around 70/80HP so that should be fine. both carbs seem to have a vacuum accelerator pump which is good. the worrying part is that you can buy a chinese carb for a ford 3000 @ $100.. not sure if anyone tried this before. The A ford carb is a bit smaller either of the two I guess.

    Zenith carbs are not inexpensive new, so if anyone tried these I would still like to hear it.

     

    as a last option I can convert the whole thing to LPG, that runs smooth per definition. Any experiences?

     

  3. Hi all,

     

    after 2 years I finally managed to start my rebuild engine, unfortunately the original stromberg U2 is not working. it runs on the choke only and it is cracked everywhere. Now I found 2 replacement new carbs from Zenith, the 267LWX9 and the 267LCX9 with 24 and 22mm venturi respectively.

     

    my question is if anybody tried either of these on a 195CID chrysler?  below the info I got from Zenith. 

     

    thnx

    Chris

     

     

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  4. Hi Narve, 

    Firstly best wishes for 2021.

     

    Got my pistons for the 1929 65 from the UK. Made in australia but not that expensive. You can find the JP pistons on their site. Paid 150 australian dollar per piece. Very helpful people.

     

     

    t: +441952 252892
    e: pjackson@fwthornton.co.uk
    f: +44 1952 246082
    www.fwthornton.co.uk
    www.vintagemotorcyclepistons.co.uk

     

    My car is going fine, chassis is now almost ready. Next is the body.

    Regards Chris

     

  5. Hi Narve, 

    Thanks for the offer. I bought a 714L armature and it seems to work. Needed to ream the bushes somewhat bigger but messed up the alignment. Today I made new bushes and reamed them in a lathe. I will post some pictures asap. The 714L armature is in the end an easy fit and plenty available.

    Chris

  6. The starter runs but has the power of a little usb fan... it is now with a local rebuilder. Not sure if they can fix it, but on ebay parts for a chevy starter 714L are quite easy to get. Does anybody know if the armature would fit a chrysler starter? Or does any one know if the chevy runs the same direction? 

    Thnx for any info

  7. My car has a shrink fit ring gear fitted, I just wonder if it is having the right number of teeth. Counted 114  and 11 on the bendix. OD of the ring gear is appr 392mm. 

    Car is a 1929 type 65, ring gear is a bit damaged but not too bad.

    Anybody has a ideas on how many teeth on the stock flywheel and what is the OD

    Thnx

    Chris

  8. After opening the starter of my 1929 65 i'm a bit confused. Clearly someone worked on it in the past. It seems 2 Field coils are missing, or can someone say that this is standard.

    Any Idea how to fix this? I don't see how 2 other fields would connect to the brushes either.

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  9. Narve,

    The oxalic acid is very mild with 1kg dissolved in 10 liter. It does not eat metal like Hcl. After two days flushing at 30 to 40 degrees temperature the rust was gone. Initially there was an air pocket in the block, so when I checked after one day the difference was really clear. Strangely after rinsing with soda, the metal turns green, cannot get it of not even with a high pressure washer. The cilinder head was put in a tank without heating and came out nicely.

    The oxalic acid is easily available, it is used for cleaning wood that blackened due to water. 

     

    The way you cleaned the fedco plate was great, i will try mine asap.

    Chris

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  10. Working on my engine and after measuring the bores I need new pistons. Problem is that already +0.060" pistons are in.  Can it safely be bored to +0.080" ?

    Can't re-use the current ones as there is one odd piston type in, and the skirt clearance is about 10x what it should be.

     

    Or is there anybody with experience of putting sleeves in the block?  The wallthickness  of the casting is not that much. After removing rust with oxalic acid it is nice and clean inside. Picture of the tea kettle (heated) with a little pump inside to flow acid through the block

     

    thanks for any feedback

    chris

     

     

     

     

     

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