Help!!!

[charlie_mini]

Just fitted a new carb to charlie after stripping it down, de-greasing it and putting it back together.
Fitted it, everything is moving ok and seems like the float chamber has fuel, but just not starting!
:confused:
tried adjusting the mix miles both ways and still no luck! had a glimmer of about 2/3 secs running then nothing!
anyone got any ideas?
need to get it sorted tonight coz i need the car tomorrow!
me and my bloody whims!
cheers

[TONYELF]

Sorry , can't help you with that Eric. Only yesterday I was saying about minis were designed for convenient too-ing and Fro-ing (not sure how you spell them two words !) and any variation on that theme is bound to create some problems so expect them and suffer or sort em out. only joking of course !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Blimey I have enough probs keeping the Studio 2 bog standard without complicating matters! LOL:D

[charlie_mini]

wasn't doing anything super tuning tho, just fitting a normal size one to a 1275 rather than the one rover stuffed on to restrict it!
is still a standard setup tho, its got the right needle in it, freely moves and there is fuel getting through but think i've flooded it now!
gonna leave it while i have something to eat, then go back out and turn the mix right down low and try again!

[TONYELF]

Good luck with otherwise you'll be using your thumb to get to work tomorrow!:D

[Gr4H4m]

Eric, Take the dash pot off and the piston out wind the jet up so its flat to the bridge then down two full turns. Check everything can move and the choke mech is working at returning... Oh this is if you dont have a HIF Mine was the old type I have a 1.25 if you want to borrow it...but I don't think it would fit your manifold.

P.S you did put oil in the dash pot I forgot when I rebuilt mine and it wouldn't start....

[Deano]

sounds like you may have got the plugs a bit wet mate:( also make sure no air leaks hope you sort it mate abit late for me to come ave a look mate

[charlie_mini]

ITS ALIVE!!
at last, thought i'd checked everything i could and the problem was lying with the mix, i took the mix adjuster screw out when i was cleaning it yesterday, just a case of trial, didn't work, turned the mix, didn;t work, and kept going untill i got a glimmer of start and whent from there. and eventually i got it going!
not running properly and my throttle cable is sticking a bit but it goes. i'll try doing a proper tune tomorrow, got a bit late and it seems much louder now! hopefully i'll get a smother running car with some power now!
cheers guys!
:D

[Gr4H4m]

ITS ALIVE!!
at last, thought i'd checked everything i could and the problem was lying with the mix, i took the mix adjuster screw out when i was cleaning it yesterday, just a case of trial, didn't work, turned the mix, didn;t work, and kept going untill i got a glimmer of start and whent from there. and eventually i got it going!
not running properly and my throttle cable is sticking a bit but it goes. i'll try doing a proper tune tomorrow, got a bit late and it seems much louder now! hopefully i'll get a smother running car with some power now!
cheers guys!
:D

if you cant get a new cable I used an anti stretch brake bike cable from Halfords, you can cut to your own length, I had to file the end down to get it to fit the pedal..

[Deano]

HIF44 :cool:

[charlie_mini]

HIF44 :cool:

Got it in one! The throttle stick I think is the spring on the carb, works fine when you nail it but for cruising it doesn't return so the car has got a mind of its own at the moment! Never had cruise control before! Goes better than before and its barely set! See what everyone means about su,s and a series running no matter what!
Cheers for the advise guys!

[Iceman]

HIF 44 ..good carbs,second that one Deano,block off the breather and stick a nice chrome pancake on it top it up with 3 in 1 oil and wehey! )

[Gr4H4m]

glad you got it sorted :)

[charlie_mini]

got the nice shiny pancake filter and a BBW in it, not to sure about this throttle linkage! seems like the spring isnt working to return the throttle to closed?? what way up should the throttle linkage be? the same as on a 38??

[Gr4H4m]

can't help on the HIF as I have only worked on HS2's

Pic any good from google...

[charlie_mini]

cheers mate, my throttle and choke are both at different angles to that! have to look at that tonight! hadnt thought of google! tried a couple of other things tho...
also it hasnt got a vacuum advance nozle either.. not snapped off, just no space for it! is that normal??

[Gr4H4m]

cheers mate, my throttle and choke are both at different angles to that! have to look at that tonight! hadnt thought of google! tried a couple of other things tho...
also it hasnt got a vacuum advance nozle either.. not snapped off, just no space for it! is that normal??

don't know mate one of my twins doesn't have the vac connection but thats because they are a matched pair to be used as twins Do you have the tag with the AUD no on... shooting in the dark as I have only worked on HS not the HIF

[charlie_mini]

cheers, still got a couple of things i'm not too sure about when it comes to this tho as i've only used a hif38 b4!
see the pic for questions, answers on a post card..:D#
cheers

[Deano]

The trouble with the Hif44 is that they fitted them to so many cars some had allsorts of gadgets on them some even had an electric cut off. i once had one off a Meastro it looked like a spare part off a space shuttle:eek:

The breather you can block off is the one the oil breather went to.

The filter my not fit as the back plate is smaller.

If you are stuck ive got a few hif44`s knocking about come and compare them.

Cheers Deano

[Saad]

I had a look on mine and I can't help. haha. It's a HIF38 I think rather than a 44 cuz my throttle cable assembley is the other way up.

Although I was surprised because you reckoned it wouldn't have a HIF38??

I dunno. I'll have another look.

[charlie_mini]

the italian jobs had hif38s to restrict them, they are only 1.5 inch were as the 44 is 1.75 inch. I've just replaced my 38! thats what started all these problems! :D
should be sorted soon ish tho... fingers crossed!