[tcb] Re: Raby Motor
- From: "Denis" <coocoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 09:43:39 -0500
So, ya know what will happen= the bus(Murray) is running great right now,
but is overdue for maintenance. I'll take at least a day and change the oil,
adjust the valves, gap the points, set the timing, maybe find the time to
rebuild the carburetors, and when I'm done... it won't start and I'll have
to screw with it for two days just to get it back to running well.
If you drive your VW with no maintenance, it will die. But if you tinker
with it...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Sawyer" <mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 10:12 PM
Subject: [tcb] Re: Raby Motor
> Not sure about the ignition problem but your starting problem may come
from having the float levels set to high. the fuel tank sits higher than the
carbs and they will gravity feed the carbs causing them to flood. Don't like
electronic ignitions. If VW was suppose to have them, they would have come
with them. Just my opinion---The Vanagon Guy
>
>
> Denis <coocoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Mine is a 1914 stroker. I built it to, at least try, to stay in the flow
> with the Dallas freeways. The first one I paid $2000 and it blew up ( I
> carry around the deformed piston rod ) I built the second one and it has
> lasted almost 3 years now. I have lots of witnesses to the fact that I
drive
> it every day, it is my shop truck. I never hot rod, but on a hill or
> carrying a big load (18 80lb bags of concrete and me ) it's real nice to
> have the extra throttle.
>
> OK here's a mystery, Dan and Katrina have been with me when this
happens. I
> can't use the Compufire or Petronics electronic points. I have actually
had
> them catch fire. Not when I hooked it up, which would happen when you
turned
> on the ignition, but later after about a week. More often they simply
won't
> let the engine start. If I pull the things out and put in points, the
bus
> runs like a Swiss watch. Dan and I struggled with my bus on the last
campout
> at lake Belton(?) and I have been running points since.
>
> Sometimes my bus won't start if I have let it sit for a whole day. I
think
> it floods out and will start if I leave it alone for an hour or two.
>
> I have dual Kadrons. Any theories?
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eric Woodall"
> To:
> Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 1:00 PM
> Subject: [tcb] Re: Raby Motor
>
>
> > For a bus motor, I totally agree!
> > I rode in a bus last weekend that had 150+ Horsepower and just about
> soiled the seats...
> > I don't think that oversize is the way to go in a [big ass breadbox]
bus!
> >
> >
> > "Gerald V. Livingston II" wrote:
> > Already did that once. This is the second incarnation. Put 180 miles
on
> the
> > first build and somehow a stick managed to get into the cooling fan
and
> > fire through the oil cooler like a bullet. Lost all oil so fast the
engine
> > was toast before I could shut off the key.
> >
> > This is a REALLY expensive engine at this point. I'm being REALLY
careful.
> >
> > It's essentially a 2 liter (1.9xx). I told him what is was going in
and
> how
> > I intended to drive it. Oversize engines are a waste in my opinion. I
have
> > no intention of trying to make my bus go 150+ MPH and a huge motor
built
> > for torque is a gas guzzler at highway speeds.
> >
> > Most expensive parts were the new dual webers and the Mallory
distributor.
> > They were probably 1/3 of the build cost.
> >
> > G
> >
> > On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 09:20:48 -0700 (PDT) Eric Woodall
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Just Don't blow up that Raby motor!
> > >
> > > Which configuration did he build for you? Did you get a 2270?
> > > Inquiring minds want to know...
> > > ---------------------------------
> > > Eric "Mr. Electric Wizard" Woodall
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ---------------------------------
> > Eric "Mr. Electric Wizard" Woodall
> > 1966 Micro Bus De Luxe, 7 seater
> > T.C.B.
> > H.A.C.
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