The Holley is back together and back on the car. But I am not going to try and start it yet, partly because I will need to pull the car forward out of the garage which will be quite difficult at the moment, but also because I want to empty the tank and flush the fuel lines through. The amount of powdery residue in the carb was unbelievable, I wish I had taken pictures of it.
One other point I forgot to mention, the CRV was pulling to the left a bit, so I tried swapping the front wheels over. It has completely corrected the pull! The steering is lighter too. So I guess it could have been caused by uneven tyre wear? .
Has anybody else ever had that?
Maybe the tracking is out?
Good point and thanks for mentioning that .Yeah, I did check and they aren't directional.
I've read it's an MOT failure if they are on the wrong way round
This should probably be on the great British garden revival thread really, but it turned into a mechanic job lol. Today I went to cut the grass for the first time this year and the old petrol mower wouldn't start .
It had a good spark at the plug so I took the carb off. The little priming bulb was perished inside and I found the carb diaphragm gasket split. They do the bits on eBay cheap enough. Maybe I should go for a Holley
I ditched my old petrol mower in favor of battery a couple of years ago.
It burnt petrol and oil in equal amounts and no compression. The only way to start it was by removing the pull start and attacking the engine with an electric drill and socket!