i have an old nikki that im going to start cleaning up, rebuilding, and stripping of all emissions. im asking you guys to post up any pics of a sterling, or any other stripped nikki u have. diagrams would kick *** and help a lot.
when i tear it all apart i know i should label them all and sort into little baggies. im alos going to take pics through the process too. after thats all done i want to clean each peice that ill be using really well and put it all back together.
if u have any other suggestions, feel free to say.
thanks, dean

 

When I rebuilt mine, what helped me was my haynes manual. every time I did a step and had to take a part or a screw off, I took some masking tape and labeled on the part the step number, or I wrapped the screws in tape, with a tag that said 24.3/2 or something. It made sure I had all my parts and what step they were needed when I put the carb back together.

Oh, and pictures! I cannot stress this enough, I did not take pictures and had to take it apart 3 times because I forgot to put a linkage in a specific place.

thats about all that I know that I did right, everything else I did was wrong. Good luck!

 

where did u get a haynes manual for the nikki?? ive looked at almost every place nearby and havent seen one for anything other than holleys and dells.

and what is the best rebuild kit to get? theres been a few passed around here and blwfly mentioned one but i forget the name. anybody know?

 

I ment a RX7 haynes manual, I'm sorry! it shows how to take the whole thing apart, nut by bolt.

Best rebuild kit, i do not know, but i know the worst: Keystar. gaskets dont line up, wrong parts, etc./

 

get the kit from Autozone.

 

i despise the people that work at autozone. they all talk to me like im an idiot. but ill stick it out if i need to.

did u order the 7 manual from somewhere or did u find it in a store?

 

get haynes there too. they can order if they dont have.at autozone i mean.

 

oops wrong thread. <red face>

 

nice...

 

ok heres a couple of my reference sheets i made up the very first time i rebuilt my carb

first one is of the main body with all its jets i just copyed all the jet numbers to a picture.. the numbers may very between years

this is the order the throttle linkage goes in

 

also the number pointing to the circled number refers to the fsm carb manual

 

A trick that I learned from the old days. Take a piece of cardboard, and make a sort of pegboard to hold all of your jets and emulsion tubes. That way you can mark them on the cardboard, and they won't roll away!