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Originally Posted by peterg
Finally got it running. It appears that the problem was hydraulic locking.
The rear two carbs are gushing petrol. Presumably the float needles are not closing off the supply and the lack of pressure keeps the pump pumping.
Are the Solex carbs easy to service? Are parts available?
Just to make life easy the starter button isn't working and I am having to short the two solenoid terminals to turn the starter motor over
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I rebuilt my 403 carbs myself using parts from Gower and Lee. The parts were purchased by the previous owner in 2001, but Gower and Lee are still around and seem to be knowledgable on classic Solex. Classic Carbs also have the parts, but I have no first hand info on this company.
Starter solenoid - if you have the proper one, it will have a mechanical button under a rubber hemisphere on its top. Just press this if the button on the dash doesn't work. My solenoid was open circuit on its coil, which is why the dash button didn't work. AES (and others) have a replacement.