15-04-2019, 03:13 PM
Hi all,
I am currently trying to recommission 2 Austin 7s prior to selling them. The cars belong to my father in law, but he hasn't used either of them for 3 years. They were in perfect working order when he stopped using them (mainly as he is getting to old)
I am starting with the Opal Tourer 1935. After all the usual checks I have now got the car running. It ticks over very well, albeit a little slowly, and I can increase revs smoothly. However once I reach higher revs the car then just dies on me. I am thinking it may be fuel starvation. There is about a third of a tank in there, so I am thinking maybe a carb problem with the car being stood for so long.
I wondered iof you could give any advice of things to look for?
I will only move on to the other car, a Nippy, when this one is running reliably. Hopefully we can the sell both cars!
Thanks in advance.
T
I am currently trying to recommission 2 Austin 7s prior to selling them. The cars belong to my father in law, but he hasn't used either of them for 3 years. They were in perfect working order when he stopped using them (mainly as he is getting to old)
I am starting with the Opal Tourer 1935. After all the usual checks I have now got the car running. It ticks over very well, albeit a little slowly, and I can increase revs smoothly. However once I reach higher revs the car then just dies on me. I am thinking it may be fuel starvation. There is about a third of a tank in there, so I am thinking maybe a carb problem with the car being stood for so long.
I wondered iof you could give any advice of things to look for?
I will only move on to the other car, a Nippy, when this one is running reliably. Hopefully we can the sell both cars!
Thanks in advance.
T