Hey Neil...
give us the name/address/phone number/ of the
place that has these inexpensive SU's
PLEASE!
-----Original Message-----
From: Neil Cotty <neilc@tradesrv.com.au>
To: MG Mailing List (E-mail) <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, November 24, 1998 9:01 PM
Subject: Re: SU's vs Webers when converting a rubbernose
>Hi,
>
>>>for about $400-$450 while a new set of SU's is about $600. This is from
>
>Really?? There's a place here in Sydney that has a lot of new SU stock ex
>factory. They charge around $450 AUD for a pair of HS4's not incl linkage
>(like $30), manifold and heat shield (erm $70). I think thats around $285
US
>dollars just for the carbs seeing as our $ sucks at the moment. Oh yeah,
>these are new orig MGB carbs.
>
>Oh! I finally got one of my Carbs back together last night thanks to
>Lawrie's video! I had to freeze frame it a few times, especially when
>reconnecting the choke assembly but I managed to get it all done (at 3am!).
>Centering the jet was an experience, took me a while. Biggest problem I had
>was my stupid mistakes! I forgot tighten the dashpot to the carb body
before
>centering, and even with the jet seemingly centered, the additional tension
>when I tightend the dashpot was enough to throw off the alignment. I also
>had trouble with the jet moving when I attached the choke linkage to the
>bottom of the jet. I later realised I hadn't tightened the jet locking nut
>quite enough (I was worried about damaging the body etc). After all that I
>have one very, clean very well working carb! Now for the other one. I did
>run into one interesting dilema, when the carb body was rebushed, the
insert
>had not been faced off to the body well enough, so the washer between the
>body and linkage was binding the spindle when tightened - preventing it
from
>moving. After some consideration I removed the spindle and faced the excess
>bushing off to the body using a small file. This worked perfectly! I hope
>all goes well with the other carb, it's not even clean yet... *sob*!!
>
>Cheers,
>Neil.
>--
>Neil Cotty - Sydney, Australia
>1970 MG B GT / 1959 MG A 1600 Mk1
>
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