Getting Gwen the Mini to Run.

DanClarke said:

Good job the dizzy I have ordered has vac-advance then. What is on there now does not.
I don't think the carb float/valve is goosed because there is no petrol coming out of the plumbed-in overflow so I guess it must be shutting off like it should. I will put the new dizzy on and see what happens, I think the needle in the carb is BBE/D but I have no idea whether that's appropriate or not. I will hoik it out to check.

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Needles are a whole new can of worms, they is thick for economy and thin for power, you want a tapered one , thick at top and thi at bottom, I never bothered with numbers, just got one that looked about right and filed it to suit, Mini engine very basic, give it fuel and it goes, more fuel and it goes faster

landowner said:

Needles are a whole new can of worms, they is thick for economy and thin for power, you want a tapered one , thick at top and thi at bottom, I never bothered with numbers, just got one that looked about right and filed it to suit, Mini engine very basic, give it fuel and it goes, more fuel and it goes faster

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Tuning the carb while driving down the road with the speedo removed was always fun.purpose built big hole
to do this… who needs a rolling road in the 80s

landowner said:

Cam is stamped on the end so could take timing gear off and have a look

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Thinking about it, and rereading the book, this isn't always the case, sometimes it's a question of counting rings further along the shaft, and stuff like that.
Which is why, if he can be bovvad, he could use a DTI on the ends of the rods that ride on the cam followers, or that end of the rocker, which would be more approximate still, possibly too much so, and tie this in with the position on the crankshaft pulley, to give him an idea of lift and cam lobe angles.