Re: Rebuilding the Carter WGD
Posted by Hans On 2013/7/14 12:52:06
Hi John,
I can only tell you from my experience with the WGD that after a couple of days of not moving the car the float chamber seems to be dry. To avoid the situation of long starting to feed the fuel up to the carb or having to puor gas into it I installed a small handpump between the fuel pump and the carburator. I bought this from a watersports store where they sell it for outboard motor purposes.
When the car stands still for a longer period I just pump up the fuel manually and operate the starter after that.
What I discovered on my original carburator body was a steady fuel leak at one of the lead plugs just above one of the mixture screws. Because I had a better body lying around the problem was fairly easily solved. If you want to rebuild your carburator I would suggest a good inspection for fuel tightness when you have the parts lying before you on the bench and after reassembly before fitting it to your engine.
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I can only tell you from my experience with the WGD that after a couple of days of not moving the car the float chamber seems to be dry. To avoid the situation of long starting to feed the fuel up to the carb or having to puor gas into it I installed a small handpump between the fuel pump and the carburator. I bought this from a watersports store where they sell it for outboard motor purposes.
When the car stands still for a longer period I just pump up the fuel manually and operate the starter after that.
What I discovered on my original carburator body was a steady fuel leak at one of the lead plugs just above one of the mixture screws. Because I had a better body lying around the problem was fairly easily solved. If you want to rebuild your carburator I would suggest a good inspection for fuel tightness when you have the parts lying before you on the bench and after reassembly before fitting it to your engine.
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