Citroen Specials Club - the club for all lightweight cyclecars

Post by Ken Hanna » Mon Dec 28, 2020 10:50 pm Tom, my apologies for not getting back to you. I've had a bit of a nightmare in the run-up to Brex$it, needing to get three batches of chassis (13 in total) on their way to customers in Canada, Hong Kong and Holland before the great unknown arrived. ;) A...

Had to resort to a slight modification to solve this problem. Bought a set of 5mm by 0.5mm taps, drilled out and tapped the mixture screw hole then fitted a mixture screw from a commonly used solex carb. Had to trim the carb casting by about 8mm to accommodate the new 'external' mixture screw. Seems...

Message for Ken Hanna Ken looking at a previous post you mentioned the emulsifier tube and the possibility of it being blocked/restricted. From the sectional drawing this appears to be largely enclosed and I wondered if you had any thoughts on how to ensure it is unrestricted (without access to ultr...

Hi Ken This is brilliant news - I was about to give up my search. I have removed the carb and successfully taken out the tip with a gentle tap with a pin punch. I am interested in your comments on the jets - mine has a 165 and an air compensating jet marked AC - will these need modified? The plugs w...

Thanks for your help but bit looks like I am out of luck. The usual Solex twin choke has an 'external' mixture screw with a 5mm by 0.5mm pitch thread (I have a spare one of those). My Solex 34 pics 10 has an 'internal' mixture screw with a 4mm by 0.7mm pitch thread. The Solex 34 pics 6 has an extern...

Hi, finally passed my msva and now have my 223 registered and on the road. Took it for it's mot a round trip of 94 miles in the foothills of the Cheviots. Almost did not make it with the motor backfiring and hardly pulling on the long slow climbs. when I got to the garage I realised it was running t...

Had my Lomax in today for its msva and delighted it has now passed. Have now got the Solex 34pics 10 carb sorted after a lot of head scratching. It was running very rich with the plugs fouling up quickly. Checked things one at a time until finally discovered two jets had been switched - the external...

All sorted - took the vehicle in for its msva retest and the tester allowed me to adjust them there and then on the gauge! Very pleased with the service and delighted the lomax 223 has passed - almost ready for the open road.

Anyone any advice on how to set up the headlamp aim on a Lomax 223?
Thanks Tom

Has anyone any experience of towing a Lomax 223 or similar with a towing dolly with the two front wheels supported. Someone has suggested to me the rear wheel will slew.