No Ed, your idea of starting with cheap Chinese caps is a fine one.  I had an extra original and that (plus a piece of conduit and some flat steel, metal lathe, dremel and a grinder, drill press, mig welder, and some jeweler’s files) is what I used.  It was the diameter of the cup, not the flange that was too large.  I’d be embarrassed to tell yo…[Read more]

Wow. What did you start with, Roy? My idea of buying an EMPI Chinese replacement cap and modding it was no good?

Impressive. 

Good thinking Allan. I always get less mileage from blended fuel too.  I wish I’d a thought of that when I put a new elec. fuel pump on my’63 Willys 4wd truck. The first one lasted 20 years. One of those old AC pumpers that pumps a bit and shuts off when the pressure gets up when the bowl is full. You know what they look like.  After much s…[Read more]

Beautiful !

Great job!

Probably that 10% Ethanol causing the lower MPG.

When I first bought my TD 3 years ago I was getting an average of 30-32 mpg.  I had the valves adjusted 3 months later and then I was averaging 28 mpg. I just had major work done on my engine last month including a carb rebuild. Now I’m averaging 24 – 27 mpg. Go figger.

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Truly beautiful work.  

My son finished the gas tank!  We’ve already had an issue with the fuel supply tube breaking but we have a solution that will keep him from having to open it back up.  Frustrating but fixable.I’m not quite ready to anchor it in place but I did a test fit and it’s perfect.Here are the pics.  What a talented kid.

On a side note all it takes is a pin hole on the pump diaphram,or a crack from dry age.CHECK THE OIL what fuel isn’t going to the carbs has got to be going some place.

OK thanks. The reason I asked was I had a VW bug in Germany in the army with a sunroof and a rainbow painted across the back bonnett. It was a great vehicle and got about 20 miles a gallon, but it was pretty much pedal to the metal at all times. Only thing I could pass on the Autobahn was Semi-trucks, so I stayed off it.    And if you all feel…[Read more]

Everything was moving freely.And not the same as a fluid, but air flowed freely through the gas lines into the carbs.

Dry bowls can be due to stuck or dirty needle valves not letting any gas get into the carbs.Have you checked the floats and needle valves in the carbs for smooth operation? Like the valves aren’t stuck shut prohibiting gas from flowing?If you take off the tops of the carbs and touch the needle valves, they should move up (closed) with no…[Read more]

Paul, You want to borrow $15? 🙂

Haven’t done a gravity feed.

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Before you go and start messing with the fuel pump and rod length, have you cranked over the engine and seen or measured just how much your existing pump puts out? (Pump it out through a longer line into a bucket or fuel can).Or you can even try a gravity feed from a fuel can into the carbs and see if it will run. If the carbs are clean and…[Read more]

Allen…NOTHING.

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Ah memories.  Keep it up.  You’ll probably finish before I do