There is also a pretty minor dent on the left rear quarter thats been unessesarily repaired with an equally unnessesary amount of bondo, luckily its not caused any rust yet
. I will probably just try tapping it out a little myself, sand it down and respray it. Wont be perfect, b
ut its an old car, you cant expect it to be. For the time being ive just sprayed it with lanolin to prote
ct it.
Hey guys,
Managed to get my hands on a parts car and I've started reassembling the kjet system, was looking at replacing the nylon hose for the injectors as well as the hose that goes to the fuel tank. From what i understand these are 3.5mm hoses. Ive managed to find some 3mm hose at Repco, any Kjet guru's know if this will work?
For low pressure 3.5mm you could use something like this.
https://www.chainsawspares.com.au/fuel-hose-3.5mm-x-6mm-x-5m?srsltid=AfmBOop2jY6ywkUWnosqs0ybF0bRhREfj_v3FCsYyDKRL_PjaUXhavvH
But for high pressure, you may be better off using Fleece Performance 3.5 mm ID / 8mm OD line.
Thanks for the info, going to get it running before i start changing hoses.
Ive had decent luck, although after getting the kjet system working correctly i discovered the fuel plunger was sticking, so ive just ordered a full rebuild kit.
Ive pretty much finished redoing the harness. In the process off bleeding the air from the brake i discovered the rear flexible brake hoses are completely clogged, so will need replacement for those.
From there ill finish the wiring, i think the only things left of the wiring is the alternator and making the routing all neat.
And then the final job will be the manual swap, which is clearly a must. Not sure if i mentioned earlier but i got my hands on a parts car thats been donating the gear for all this.
1971_144GL hey do you still have those k-jet parts? If you want them gone id be interested in taking the bulk lot off your hands as spares for myself. Otherwise no worries.
Thanks
Maybe when ive finished the 144 ill have to take it on a journey down to Melbourne for a new bonnet. Havent seen anyone around sydney with a bonnet yet and the one off the parts car isnt really worth respraying. Too rusty.
Don't do only 2 hoses. All 6 will be well past their service life.
I was referring to the brake hoses.
Historically, hoses on the 140 swelled and that 1/8" hole constricted to 0" and no brakes. It's cheap insurance.
IT RUNS!!!!! and pretty well, seems rich and i cant workout the fuel mixture adjustment, i think it might be broken or something, although could be crappy fuel. Regardless no complaints! she runs great!
Took me rebuilding the fuel distributor. And then rebuilding it again when i stuffed it up.
No issues popped up aside from that. Hot start, cold start, all worka
If everything is working properly and there aren't any vacuum leaks (!), the mixture can be adjusted by adjusting the position of the throttle plate vs the plunger. There is a small hole in the top of the alloy throttle plate housing that you insert a 3mm allen key through and into the adjustment gru screw below. Small movements.
Roinik ok thanks, i tried what u said but with imperial allen keys.
I think i got it to turn slightly. Im guessing that because it stopped spitting black smoke and carbon, although its entirely possible it was just coughing out all the crap in the system.
Ill make sure everything is all right without vacuume leaks and such before i fiddle with it more.
