R&R Starter -> R&R Rear Carb

[calshamus]

I'm looking at replacing the starter. I've read up on the tips and tricks...using a newer starter, replacing bolts with studs/nuts, etc.

As I understand it removing the rear carb is necessary. I have to agree, after surveying the situation, I don't see anyway around not removing the rear carb. So to cut to the quick, is there is an easy way to do this?
1. unbolting the intake seems straight forward

2. coolant lines seem pretty straight forward. I assume I can't leave them connected and just move aside? If I remove those hoses, I assume I have to drain the rad or can I just drain what's in the hoses and over flow bottle?

3. Carb linkage - this is the part that give me the most pause. What's the best approach here? As far as I can tell it doesn't seem trivial to disconnect the carb linkage.

Thank you for you help.

BTW, I love you long time if you supply pictures to illustrate your tips.

 

[sfdon]

use a 17mm stubby thin walled universal socket to break the upper bolt loose.

 

[deQuincey]

hi for pics, here is this link, go to post #1

http://www.e9coupe.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8569&page=2


just my opinion,



i feel very comfortable removing the carbs first, it is true that the rear one is the worse one , but anyway using the right tools you can undo the four nuts that lay in the bottom easily, anyway i think that to remove the start motor you will need to remove the manifold too, but i find difficult to access the lower nuts of the manifold if the rear carb is still there

first drain the coolant, you should undo the radiator bolt to do that, the coolant will need to be flushed for when you remove the carb hoses

then remove the carb hoses, an advise, if they are not very new, i would cut and replace the small ones, this will be an ideal moment to do so, plus, to remove them by pulling the hoses can cause damage to old alu pipes, so is better to remove them carefully when you are comfortably working on a table with plenty of access

then the linkage, it is very easy (i assume that you have standard zeniths), but you do not need to do until you clean off that rear carb, to remove the carb you only need to disengage the linkage rod of the rear carb, that one of the knurled wheel, use two flat screwdrives to pop it out from its place

when the carb is out, you will clearly see the manouver, you will see two bars in the linkage, an horizontal and a vertical one, first you will need to disengage the vertical linkage that comes from the lower side of the engine from the horizontal one (again you should pop off the ball), doing so the tension that comes from the accelerator spring is off, then disengage the rear carb rod as you did with the front one, and now undo the nut that retains the rear axial end of the horizontal linkage bar, then loose the rear point ball, e voila, you can remove the bar

now you can undo the rear manifold nuts to remove it completely, and you will access the starter motor bolts, take care, it weighs a ton

good luck

 

[calshamus]

I wanted to thank Don (SFDON) publicly here on the board. As many of you may already know Don is a guru on these cars and it was amazing to see him work his magic on my starter, which is not an easy task by any means. Not only that, he went above and beyond after I had an issue where one of the coolant lines blew. He packed up some tools and met me and got me going again. I recommend Don highly because he obviously knows his stuff, but he's also a really nice guy with high integrity, and as I can attest, his integrity is unparalleled. Just a top notch guy.

THANK YOU AGAIN DON!