Hold on, if I can't get mine to stop leaking, I'll give you the darn thing when I replace it with a Rochester.
Solex question: Is there one specific way the middle (horizontal gasket separating the top half from the bottom half) seal of the Solex is supposed to go? The gasket is about a 1.5" square with a little tab (3/5") that sticks out of one side. Anyway, this gasket has holes for the four through bolts and then a series of other holes, in pairs, but not in any real pattern that do not necessary line up with anything on the upper and lower halves of the Solex. I fear this could be a real source of trial-error-trial-error-trial and I only have the one gasket. Anyone?
TIA
Ron Ward
>>> mstockdale@mho.net 05/16/01 10:35AM >>>
On the drive home last night I started thinking about the Solex carb. that I
took off about 8 years ago. So when I got home I pulled it off the shelf along
with my box of spare solex parts and took a look at what it would take to
rebuild it. I came apart easily and the gaskets look ok, I cleaned it all up
and its now laying in many pieces across the kitchen table. My spare parts are
the remainders of 2 other old solex's that I collected over the years. I have
enough pieces and parts to almost build 2 complete carbs, so here is the rub.
Does anyone have any junk solex's laying around that they would be willing to
part out cheap (see free)? From what it looks like I need an emulsion tube,
the linkage flange that holds the idle adjustment screw, and the small jet that
screws into the top of the main carb. body. This appears to be a jet but
could be something entirely different. It looks like a small brass grub screw
about ¼" dia that has a pin hole in the end. I have multiple sets of jets,
floats and other items. Another thing I noticed was that my original solex had
what looked like an overflow tube from the float chamber to the venturi. The
other solex top piece I have does not have this feature. No tube exists and it
is not even drilled for the tube. Any idea out there as to which one is
better? I'll have to look back through my old e-mails and find the info that
jim allen wrote about the performance of the solex vs the weber at high
altitude. I am hoping to be able to put together a good working solex that
will give a little more power.
E-mail me off list if any one is willing to part out an old junker they have
laying around.
Hurricane Mitch
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