Sure would like to see some photos ... I can't visualize where the leather goes.
Bob
On 11/21/2011 4:41 PM, edic@tampabay.rr.com wrote:
> Bob Johnson, Steve Byers and David Porter:
> Last Saturday, 19 Nov., the Tampa Bay Austin Healey Club had a Tech Session
> at Paul Tsikuiss shop, Tsikuiss Classics, Lakeland Florida. Paul is a
> charter member of our club and has been restoring cars for 31 years.
> Our tech session was about carburetors.
> Paul asked the BJ8 owners if they had to place one hand on the dash before
> pulling the choke cable, and if we had return springs installed. Of course
> we all answered that we did. He showed us why that is.
> There is a leather piece that the cam sits on and when it is new it rotates,
> but after years of heat and cold, water and oil and whatever, it becomes
> hard and the cam cannot rotate on it, so consequently the choke lever does
> not return to it resting place without the help of a spring. What Paul did
> to correct that problem was to: 1. Remove the brass cam shaft and polish it
> 2. Remove the leather piece and install a piece of brass tubing, he used an
> old throttle shaft cut to fit the opening and secured it with a nail, head
> on one side and peened on the other. If you dont have a throttle shaft I
> believe he said a 5/16 brass tube cut to size would work. Each of us got to
> hold the carb he had set up and it worked perfectly, no springs will be
> needed. Also, when he reinserted the cam shaft he lubricated it with
> Dri-Slide. This is graphite in a liquid that once applied, the liquid
> evaporates and the graphite stays, and no dirt will stick to it. This
> Dri-Slide can be bought at gun shops. I hope I explained it well enough
> because I am going to do it myself and I plan to do mine in the near future.
> Also, Paul showed us Nash Healey #1 that he had just finished restoring and
> it was magnificent.
>
> Mel Brunet
> HBJ8L/39749
> Land O Lakes, FL
>
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