richard mackay

I have a mk2 with a 2.0ltr pinto on dellorto 40s.Every time i stop the engine when its hot there's a slight backfire.I'm sure the timing is ok the carbs are not 100% set up yet,but it did this even with the dgav. Any ideas? Richard

I want to change from vac to non vac dizzy.The non vac one has three spade plug on the side the vac one has two spade plug.So can anyone tell me what i have to do. Cheers Richard

Had a good read on that website.Cheers Ian Richard

There's something not right.Front carb is sucking more than back and if you listen with tube down each trumpet the air flow is stronger in front carb.What am i doing wrong? Richard

John,the none vac distributor that i want to fit has a block connector on the side with three spades the female end that plugs in to that i don't have

I have fitted twin dhla 40s and have the dizzy vac blanked off.It runs not bad at speed however slow running not so good. I've heard that blanking off the vac can be a hit or a miss.I have a non vac dizzy but the problem is it looks as if its three wire and the vac dizzy thats fitted on the car is two wire.What do i do.The dizzys are bosch early electronic. Richard

Cheers Stuart,kinda thought thats what it was.Good luck with the rebuild Richard

Someing i've always wonderd.To get from a newbie builder to a wheelie good builder,does one have to show good mechanical experince in the topics they post or is it the number of topics they've posted Richard

I forgot to say that i had bolted them straight to the floor.What i've done is raised the front and reduced some of the padding. It has lowerd me nearly 4 inches belive it or not. Richard

I've just bought a pair of roadster 7 seats for my mk2.After fitting the drivers seat and climb in,i find i'm looking over the windscreen. I'm now moding the seats a bit.I bought the seats from gbs(kit parts direct)and think they improve the car no end My problem is i'm six foot three tall.Another problem is the seat manufacturers sizes never have the height of the bit you sit on in the spec. Just wondered if anyone has hade this problem before and also to tall guys and gals out there to think about this. Happy new year everybody Richard

I have noticed the lightweight boys are having a few worrys about sva. Well,in 2004 i finished building a mk2 whitch was never designed to pass sva.During the build i kept in touch with my sva centre(bridge of don aberdeenshire)and they were very helpful about what i needed to do. With the result my passed second time with minor problems on the first ie: edges etc Goodluck Richard

Two questions gents 1 why does my engine(2ltr pinto) keep oiling up a plug? 2 there are two mixture screws on my carb(38 dgas)one is tight to the cam cover how do you ajust it?Looking forward to your answers cheers Richard

anyone got a non vac bosch dizzy for 2.0 pinto.I've been told that vacum advance is a bad idea with 40's Can't find a post points early electronic dizzy on ebay or anywhere.

Anyone ever attemted changing from a type nine to an MT75

My typing is dead slow to,one finger job.Thanks for that Paul. I'll let you know how i get on Richard

Rolling roads are like hens teeth in my part of the world.Anyone know the basic set up. I remember when i was a kid watching guys set them up with a piece hose in their ear,putting the other end down each barrel till they sounded the same.That was the last time i was involved with these carbs. Richard

Cheers Nigel. Got the job done and the carbs are fitted.Ordered trumpets from Eurocarb so hope to have her going soon. Richard.

I know a guy who turboed the pinto in his JBA i'll talk to him and find out Richard

Cheers Bob,off to sort that now Happy new year Richard

The first engine in my car was a 1.6.When i first went for a run it was slugish and slow.Turned out it was ignition timing,when corrected it made quite a difirence,not as much as a 2L though Richard

Thanks Nigel,had to read your replay a couple of times to understand it.What is actually happening is the rods are moving up and down but not moving the pump levers.Am right in saying then that i will have to ajust nuts on the bottom of the rods.By the way the springs are there. Looking forward to your replay and ahappy new year. Richard

I am fitting a pair of dhla 40's to my RH,and i have some consern about the operation of the accelor pumps.When you operate the throttle lever there are conecting rods which go down to the pump levers.The rods move down the way,but in order to operate the pumps the pump levers have to move up the way,what actually happens is,the rods slide up and down through the holes that conect them to the pump levers