> How about loosening the needle in the piston and rotating it to a
different
> position and see if the new position allows it to drop freely. Trial and
> error might result in a good postion.
>
> John Quilter
> Brisbane California
> 51 TD
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Herald1200@aol.com>
> To: <mg-t@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 4:24 PM
> Subject: Re: Carb Question
>
>
> > In a message dated 3/25/2006 2:59:16 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> > sallen6363@gmail.com writes:
> >
> > Soooo.. Put it back together and noticed that when I tightened the
> screws
> > down on the suction chamber so the gap was gone the piston was real
> stiff,
> > and lifting it with a screwdriver it wouldn't go all the way down.
> >
> > Backed off the screws a smidge and "thump" down it goes, but now I've
got
> a
> > bit of a gap.
> >
> > As such, since I didn't over-tighten the screws in the first place, and
> the
> > jet is as centered as my high-speed Moss jet centering tool can get it
> > anyone experienced this before that can give me an idea of how to deal
> with
> > it?
> >
> >
> >
> > ==AM==
> > This is a long shot; on the other hand, this suggestion just worked for
> > someone I mentioned it to with a set of dual SUs on a Spitfire...so here
> goes:
> >
> > Any chance that, at some point in the past, the two dashpot covers got
> > swapped between carburetors? Takes about two minutes to swap them and
see
> if it
> > helps!
> >
> > --Andy Mace
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