Starting hesitancy 1930 Chummy

[Howard Wright]

Interesting comments, but many of them irrelevant, as Peter has a 26VA side-draught carb.

Oooops

Didn’t read the op properly.  However most of the comments are still pertinent.

If the carb is a 26VA on a 1930 car it is most probably fitted to the later manifold but coupled to a D shape fuel tank.  Generally there is sufficient head to feed the carb unless the tank is low on fuel and the car parked on a slope. However sometimes I’ve found a little ‘sticktion’ even on the updraft carb needing the float needle to be pulled up to get fuel moving.  

On a different point the Austin handbooks suggest that the ignition should be advanced even when hand cranking.  Isn’t this a recipe for a broken wrist?

Cheers

Howard