Pat
True Classic
Well, it has been almost a year since I bought my project Fiat 850 and I am almost ready to drive it for real. It now has 5 miles on it, mostly driving around the block. I've only had to push it home 4 times, had it stall and die numerous times and once it conked out on me in the middle of a busy four lane street. I was able to restart it on all occasions, except when I pushed it home, but it NEVER left me stranded where I needed a tow.
I want to thank everyone for the parts I needed and the expert technical information to help me get it running. One of the worst things I had to endure was a brand new brake hose that was leaking air. I could not figure out why I never could get the front brakes to work and took out the master cylinder once to check it which is not any fun. The worst thing so far is the 'rebuilt' carb which was missing pieces and also re-assembled incorrectly. That was causing my huge issues from erratic idling to running too rich/too lean, flooding, loading up and then difficult in re-starting. The only issue I have now is a slight stumbling from 1500 to about 3000 where it sounds like it is running too lean. It will start and idle perfectly, and once you get the rpm above 3000, it will pull smoothly. During the stumbling, it will pop through the carb, so you have to pump it a bit to transition past the idle circuit to the high speed circuit. I've taken the carb apart to study it and blow out all the passages and checked the float level. It is running 117 on the primaries with 185 air correction jets which seem to be correct. Applying a little choke will remedy the problem, but I know that is not correct. I've sprayed starting fluid everywhere and can not find any air leaks. I'm ready to take it for a much longer spin, but I'm a little nervous and dread the thought of calling someone for a lift, or the tow truck.
Here is what it looks like now:
If you don't hear from me, that probably means that I am somewhere out there trying to get a broken down Fiat back home again.
Cheers,
Pat
I want to thank everyone for the parts I needed and the expert technical information to help me get it running. One of the worst things I had to endure was a brand new brake hose that was leaking air. I could not figure out why I never could get the front brakes to work and took out the master cylinder once to check it which is not any fun. The worst thing so far is the 'rebuilt' carb which was missing pieces and also re-assembled incorrectly. That was causing my huge issues from erratic idling to running too rich/too lean, flooding, loading up and then difficult in re-starting. The only issue I have now is a slight stumbling from 1500 to about 3000 where it sounds like it is running too lean. It will start and idle perfectly, and once you get the rpm above 3000, it will pull smoothly. During the stumbling, it will pop through the carb, so you have to pump it a bit to transition past the idle circuit to the high speed circuit. I've taken the carb apart to study it and blow out all the passages and checked the float level. It is running 117 on the primaries with 185 air correction jets which seem to be correct. Applying a little choke will remedy the problem, but I know that is not correct. I've sprayed starting fluid everywhere and can not find any air leaks. I'm ready to take it for a much longer spin, but I'm a little nervous and dread the thought of calling someone for a lift, or the tow truck.
Here is what it looks like now:
If you don't hear from me, that probably means that I am somewhere out there trying to get a broken down Fiat back home again.
Cheers,
Pat