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Originally posted by hippie_elmo
This is the car without the electric fan. The car runs from 175 to 200. Could the hot starting problem be becuase the carbs are warped also?
This is problem I had with my famous Solex 280.
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I think those ar efairly normal temperatures to be running at. If you have the electirc fan it would not kick in until the temp hit 212 anyway. Frankly I don't know why they made these cars without an electric fan.. I guess because that car did not have AC standard or you are in a mild climate.
According to the Zenith manual a hot starting problem is due to either the venting valve which was removed for 72 models or the float level. Since the 72 models have the fuel needle valves with the little ball int he tip that tend to fall I would bet that one if not both have fallen out and that when you proabbly flooding the engine when you hot start.
You should beable to test this by doing a hot start .. do not press the gas pedal and then take the air filter off and if the carbs reek or gas then you are flooding it.
This would also account for the poor gas mileage as there is nothing to stop the flow of fuel into the carbs if the fuel needle valve ball has fallen out.
You could easily do this work yourself or call around and see what the prices are for local rebuilders.. I found a guy here that said he would do the pair for $90 but I have no idea if that would be anything more than replacing the gaskets. Some places quoted as much as $400! Doing this repair is actually pretty easy and does not require any special tools and would probably take you several hours to do the first one and then even fewer for the second.