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Re: SU carbs and Dizzy

To: "mgs@autox.team.net" <mgs@Autox.Team.Net>, "Carl Mole" <C.Mole@tees.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: SU carbs and Dizzy
From: "Andrew B. Lundgren" <lundgren@iname.com>
Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 08:41:47 +0000
On Mon, 11 May 1998 09:25:45 +0100 (BST), Carl Mole wrote:

>Inca Yellow 1978 MGB GT
>
>I recently sprung a oil leak with no idea where it was 
>coming from. I spent a full day cleaning the engine block 
>of old oil/dirt and eventualy found the oil was coming from 
>the top of the dipstick tube.
>I dropped the car of at the garage for a check up, turns 
>out that the breather pipes were blocked. The garage 
>cleaned up and found a fault on my Carbs (SU HIF's) and 
>suggested replacing them with SU HS4's (=A3230). after 
>fitting the new carbs the car runs like a 'dog' - 
>sputtering and missing. The garage now suggests replacing 
>the Distributer as they are pulling against each other!
>
>I'm no mechanic BUT I thought the timing etc would just 
>need adjusting or the carbs balancing and adjusting for the 
>car to run properly!
>
>The total cost of the work was =A3323 pounds, and now I'm 
>having to have the car checked out by a tuning specialist.


I don't know about replacing the distributor because of the carbs.
I have a '70 with the HIFs.  I was working on my distributor receintly a=
nd noticed that you can't
buy the 25D distrubtor from VB anymore.  They suggest using the 45.  Thi=
s with no mention
of replacing the carbs.  Since the newer distributor appears to work fin=
e with the older carbs, I would expect 
than the newer carbs would also work with the older distributor...

I may be wrong however.




Andrew Lundgren
Lundgren@iname.com
http://www.itwest.net/~lundgren


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