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Have recently completed the restoration of this...
She's finally returned to the road after a 15 year on - off rebuild with the oft told story of failed promises and dubious work by a couple of garages. It ran beautifully when laid up but is now gutless, holds back under acceleration and struggles to do 50mph unless there's a tail wind.
The tank has been flushed, there's a complete new fuel line and hoses, a replacement lift pump, an inline filter fitted and I've blown out and kitted the carburettor. The exhaust has been checked and is not blocked by mice nests or loose baffles.
When accelerating, pulling out the choke makes the car run much better, which confirms to me that the problem is probably with the carb. I've heard talk that it's likely that the second choke is at fault, that it's common and that the carburettor passages will be blocked and apparently impossible to clean out. Can anyone please confirm this or suggest a fix before I splash out on a new carburettor...
Please and thank you...
Neil
"drawing air" as the pump sucks for most of its run the lift between the top of the fuel in the tank when its nearly empty and the top of the tank means that the fuel line from the pump back to the tank is below atmospheric pressure and so air is drawn in through the dodgy bit rubber on the top of the tank.