Chromaphase
True Classic
hi Everyone,
I recently acquiered my very first X1/9 (1500cc, 1985, Europe)
But I have what we could literally call a "sticky" situation.
I was driving and the acceleration pedal was stuck to the floor, dangerous indeed !
we shot a video of the problem here : VIDEO
First, I was thinking its a pedal problem, but actually it's coming from the carburetor (34 DATR) that have been redone by the previous ownor.
What is happening is this, as the second butterfly lever is moving, at half way it stays stuck in place. I tried break cleaner, and also to add grease, to no effect at all.
Is this a common problem on this carb and is there any way to fix it ?
and to fully open the second butterfly at 100%, I really need to push a lot as well.
Also the accelerator pedal wasnt feeling great anyway, it's because I guess the sticky second butterfly added too much effort on the wire.
as you can see on the second photo, the cable needs to be retighten, however I have no idea how to do it properly is someone can guide me on this secondary problem it would be great. I can see there is a nut but nothing to hold the whole thing to grab that nut and turn it to begin with.
I would say I wasn't impressed at all when I first tested the car by it's power. But indeed when I was pressing the pedal to the floor, maybe it would go only to 25% of the second butterfly...
Thanks for your insights,
Matthieu
I recently acquiered my very first X1/9 (1500cc, 1985, Europe)
But I have what we could literally call a "sticky" situation.
I was driving and the acceleration pedal was stuck to the floor, dangerous indeed !
we shot a video of the problem here : VIDEO
First, I was thinking its a pedal problem, but actually it's coming from the carburetor (34 DATR) that have been redone by the previous ownor.
What is happening is this, as the second butterfly lever is moving, at half way it stays stuck in place. I tried break cleaner, and also to add grease, to no effect at all.
Is this a common problem on this carb and is there any way to fix it ?
and to fully open the second butterfly at 100%, I really need to push a lot as well.
Also the accelerator pedal wasnt feeling great anyway, it's because I guess the sticky second butterfly added too much effort on the wire.
as you can see on the second photo, the cable needs to be retighten, however I have no idea how to do it properly is someone can guide me on this secondary problem it would be great. I can see there is a nut but nothing to hold the whole thing to grab that nut and turn it to begin with.
I would say I wasn't impressed at all when I first tested the car by it's power. But indeed when I was pressing the pedal to the floor, maybe it would go only to 25% of the second butterfly...
Thanks for your insights,
Matthieu