my first engine

most of the literature i have read says that the Petter A1 was fitted with a zenith carb, mine came with a solex fitted which looked original..........



so when i saw a very good example of the correct zenith for sale on eBay at a reasonable price i bought one for it........................



a sharp eyed look at the mounting flanges reveals they are at 90 degrees to each other

a closer look at the inlet manifold shows 4 lobes for carb mounting .............



i now believe that Petter bought a batch of which ever carb was available at the time and drilled the inlet manifolds to suit which ever carb they could get at the time.

so the solex will go back on the engine and the zenith in the spare bits box

as they say ............win some lose some

Zenith carbs was fitted on all sorts of engines and tractors so may not of been off a petter ... my pet tvo fergie had a zenith carb on it which was a standard vanguard engine

hope you get sorted soon mate

regards , matt

the one i bought was off a Petter A1, if you look at the inlet flange in the last image you can see where it would be mounted if the studs were drilled 90 degrees further round.

my point is the books are wrong...................both types of carbs were originally fitted to the same engines.

iv'e seen lots of A1's with solex carbs fitted ...............my mistake was not noticing the mountings were different

hob wrote:the one i bought was off a Petter A1, if you look at the inlet flange in the last image you can see where it would be mounted if the studs were drilled 90 degrees further round.

my point is the books are wrong...................both types of carbs were originally fitted to the same engines.

iv'e seen lots of A1's with solex carbs fitted ...............my mistake was not noticing the mountings were different

no chance making a adapter plate ?

matt

the solex is ok ...............i just wanted to fit the right one so it was original..........my guess now is the solex is the original.........so i'll just put it back on and use the other zenith one on something else.......i may have another old Petter coming soon anyway.

Least you have something to get it working ... did you manage to sell the corsa in the end ?

least your be all set for next years show season

matt86_wd2 wrote:did you manage to sell the corsa in the end ?

no, its still for sale, a local car place are trying to sell it for me on a commission basis so at least i don't have to store it until it sells.................the second hand market is always slow this time of year.

Neville glad to see your still tinkering about, it's like you say the manufacturers would fit what they could get there hands on at the time or at a better price, I don't think anyone can complain after such a great job you've done in restoring this engine, a real credit to you, WELL DONE for your first attempt.

Good luck with the sale of your car, if petrol prices go up it will help as people down size but still want a a car with a few extras.

Stu.

Neville what about this, the fitting (I think) looks right but you need to check linkages etc to see if it's the correct type.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ZENITH-CARBURETTOR-/170760301777?pt=UK_BOI_FarmingEquipment_RL&hash=item27c21b6cd1

Stu.

Stu thats the same as the one i bought, 90 degrees out on the connecting flange

it now seems mine should have a solex from new so i'll put that back on as there's nothing wrong with it anyway.

Neville that flange is staight to the air intake where as yours is 90 degrees out or am I looking wrong.

Stu.

stationary stu wrote:Neville that flange is staight to the air intake where as yours is 90 degrees out or am I looking wrong.

Stu.

Stu you are looking at the wrong one, the one marked 26-FV is the solex that fits and is 90 deg to the intake

the one i bought is the same as your link both are inline with the intake and don't fit.

i'm happy with the solex now i know its original

Sorry Neville, I'll shut up now, it's my age.

Stu.

made a few tweaks to a few things to get it running a bit better, also been trying to get a Lister domestic pump running with it, with no luck at all





a short vid of it running.

Someone else just had a problem, try what they did.

http://www.stationaryengineforum.net/t4797-help-needed-on-my-domestic-pump-please

Stu.