Carb leaking fuel/my lada hates me

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giovanni
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Re: Carb leaking fuel/my lada hates me

Postby giovanni » Tue Feb 07, 2012 2:20 pm

I am onto my 5th Niva now and #5 has had the original carby rebuilt then when it got the better of me I fitted a Cortina carb off TM.
Heaps more responce power etc etc.
Never looked back since and wish I had done the swap years ago.
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Re: Carb leaking fuel/my lada hates me

Postby SP450andLE » Thu Feb 09, 2012 6:17 pm

I'm not exactly keen on swapping the carb right now, it seems fine for what I use the thing for atm (lawn ornament, soon to be a daily for my Dad) :D
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Re: Carb leaking fuel/my lada hates me

Postby nivaman » Sun Feb 19, 2012 10:00 pm

You could do what i did.......fit a diesel :twisted:

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Re: Carb leaking fuel/my lada hates me

Postby SP450andLE » Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:56 am

I want to, but I'm waaaaaaaay too poor to even think about doing that :lol:
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Re: Carb leaking fuel/my lada hates me

Postby nivaman » Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:52 pm

SP450andLE wrote:I want to, but I'm waaaaaaaay too poor to even think about doing that :lol:

So am i, (looking after a child does that to your finances) which is why i have a second car as a daily driver and work on the Niva when i can.

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Re: Carb leaking fuel/my lada hates me

Postby SP450andLE » Tue Feb 21, 2012 6:12 pm

Lucky I have no children yet then :lol:

I have a daily driver, but unfortunately that also takes a lot of time and Money, being a Mini :oops: :roll: :lol:
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Re: Carb leaking fuel/my lada hates me

Postby nivaman » Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:03 pm

SP450andLE wrote:
I have a daily driver, but unfortunately that also takes a lot of time and Money, being a Mini

Lucky then you only need to spend only a Mini amount of time and money on it :) :lol:

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Re: Carb leaking fuel/my lada hates me

Postby ladeda » Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:19 pm

omg. such a dad joke. nice work :D

Im in the process of setting up a weber carb on mine at the mo having trouble finding throttle cable brackets and linkages that will work.

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Re: Carb leaking fuel/my lada hates me

Postby SP450andLE » Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:56 pm

nivaman wrote:
SP450andLE wrote:
I have a daily driver, but unfortunately that also takes a lot of time and Money, being a Mini

Lucky then you only need to spend only a Mini amount of time and money on it :) :lol:


Wow. Just wow. :lol:
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