Grrrrrr......

 

So this morning I go outside, and it's like 12 degrees. Cranked it over and got one fire then nothing. Walked to class. Came back, with the temps around 16 and it still wouldn't start. Checked the plugs (threw in some spares that were in my tool box), no fuel getting to the cylinders. Checked the fuel supply to the carb, getting lots of fuel there. With as much cranking and pedal-pumping as I did, there should be a strong gas smell from the carb and tailpipe, but not even a whiff. I checked spark just to make sure that something wasn't fubared there, and a big blue arc jumped across. So now I'm planning on getting a ride to the gas station to get some fuel line deicer and WD40. De-icer in the tank and spray some WD40 down the carb to melt and disperse what I'm guessing is ice on the jets and stuff from condensation after shutting it off last night. WD40 is also great starting fluid. If it still won't start, I'll get a friend to tow me over to a plug-in and let the block heater do its thing overnight, which will melt any ice in the carb.

 

Any other suggestions as to how to get this stupid thing to start before going to the trouble of towing it?

 

This is just embarrassing.

 

 

Oh how great it will be after putting SPFI on at Thanksgiving. As long as this stupid carb doesn't kill me before then. Has anybody ever installed a weber on a subie in a cold climate with any sort of success? If so, please let me know how you did it. The old hitachi didn't have quite the acceleration, but it actually started without a block heater during the winter. There, I promise I'm done ranting.

Try this: get a half dozen of those chemical hand warmers and put them around your carb. Then wrap it in aluminum foil, and then put a towel around it. That should melt any ice you mighthave in the carb. If that doesn't work, you couldalways try what I did as a young adult - kick the damn thing. It never made the car start, but I felt better afterwards.

you couldalways try what I did as a young adult - kick the damn thing. It never made the car start, but I felt better afterwards.

unless you break your toe or something

If that doesn't work, you couldalways try what I did as a young adult - kick the damn thing. It never made the car start, but I felt better afterwards.

when i tried that i left a big dent in the side of the car that made me mad every time i saw it<G>

So I got some fuel line de-icer and starting fluid (they didn't have WD40). Poured in a bottle and cranked again, still nothing. So now I decided to pull the aircleaner adapter off to see if fuel was getting in at this point. Lo and behold, the choke plates were FROZEN SHUT! I broke off the ice and it started right up (well, as good as the car ever started with that carb on there).

hmmmmm like I was talking with you the other night snowman it would be cool to get a electric carb heat setup like on aircraft that have carbs for keeping them from deicing would help in that situation