Re: I have a new project - and it has 4 wheels!!!
 

im sure you could fit a 1.3 bussa engine in there :D

Re: I have a new project - and it has 4 wheels!!!
 

You could make a bacon sandwich, then bring it into your Ferrari and eat it! Haha. I will pop round and see this monstrosity someday Phill :)

Re: I have a new project - and it has 4 wheels!!!
 

I was wondering once you got it up and running okay if you were considering hiring it out. But at 11 mpg I would only be able to afford the journey home and back in it. :lol:

Re: I have a new project - and it has 4 wheels!!!
 

11mpg??? My old bedford with a 3.1 V6 Ford Essex engine returned better mileage than that, even when it was spitting flames from the exhaust, and had a top speed of well over a ton if you had the minerals (stopping something weighing 2 tonnes with something that behaved like wood discs with sponge pads was a very scary prospect)!

Re: I have a new project - and it has 4 wheels!!!
 

Well it spits flame out of the air box! It is running like ****, but to be fair it hasn't run in 10 years, and I got it good enough to get me to wales and back in 2 days. I now need to do stuff like valve clearences and setting the dizzy up properly / new plugs etc. I should be geting about 20mpg, judging by what I've ben told by other Bedford owners. i can live with 20 but not 11!

Re: I have a new project - and it has 4 wheels!!!
 

Have you checked the timing and tuned the mixture on the carb? I've got a timing light you can borrow.

Re: I have a new project - and it has 4 wheels!!!
 

If a car has too many wheels, how many has the camper got ? lol.
Apparently their called "motorhomes" now too, my dad just bought one.

Years ago me and a friend were going to turn an old Bedford CF he had into an A-team lookalike, and fit a Rover V8, never happened tho, all dreams,lol.

I think insurance companies class a vehicle as classic if its over 15 years old, but anything built before 1st Jan 1973 is tax exempt tho, up to about L-reg. :)

Re: I have a new project - and it has 4 wheels!!!
 

Checked the timing with a light, but I might borrow it anyway to double check - I did it in a rush as we needed to head off. The mixture screw does bugger all. It makes a slight difference but its only going to make a difference on tick over anyway.

Re: I have a new project - and it has 4 wheels!!!
 

The mixture screw should make a big difference, not just at idle, otherwise your carbs knacked.
If crud has got into it and its been sitting for a while, your best bet would be to strip it and clean it at least.

Re: I have a new project - and it has 4 wheels!!!
 

The carbs have been apart 3 times on thursday and cleaned, then cleaned again, then again! Kept sucking crap through the old fuel lines until I gave up and replaced tham all. The jets all look fine, but the needle valve looks a bit groved, as does the idle screw. I've got a spare carb on another engine that came with the van, I just need to pick it up. There is also a brand new one NOS on ebay going for £60 which I'm tempted by - of an old Opel but loads of vauxhaul vehicles from that era use the Zenith 36IV carbs. I've ordered a gasket kit anyway as the original is cream crackered.