> Could this be why the Moss catalog lists the price of the original
> needle valves at $19.95 each (yes that's 19.95). Perhaps the ones they
> stick in the kits are a lesser product. I am just speculating here, I
> have no experience with this stuff. I have also heard of OEM rebuild
> kits and wonder if these would contain such things as:
>
> - the real valves (with screens)
> - copper screws for the throttle butterfly valves
> - new star washers as required
>
> All these things are supposed to be renewed upon a rebuild but the
> kits do not seem to contain the items or not the same ones in the case
> of the valves. The Moss kits also do not contain throttle shaft seals
> which the TRF kits apparently do.
>
> Just my observations...
>
> Peter Zaborski
> 76 TR6 (CF58310 UO)
> Calgary AB Canada
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Kramer [SMTP:rgk@flash.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 1997 3:13 PM
> To: Peter Zaborski
> Subject: Re: carb needle valve/grose jets
>
> I too have tried to use the screens. I got then off but they don't
> fit the
> valves in my kits. I think the lack of screens to catch that last
> little
> crud is one of the reasons we have so much trouble with Grose jets.
>
> Bob Kramer, Austin TX
> Hill Country Triumph Club
> TR6x3, TR250 x3, TR3A vintage race
> rgk@flash.net
>
> ----------
> > From: Peter Zaborski <peterz@merak.com>
> > To: 'TR6 List' <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> > Subject: carb needle valve/grose jets
> > Date: Wednesday, August 06, 1997 12:33 PM
> >
> > While rebuilding my carbs this weekend, I noticed that the needle
> valves
> > I had in my zenith-stromberg carbs had a little gauze screen on the
> ends
> > which screws into the carb body. The replacement jets included in my
> > Moss kit did not have the gauze screens. The pictures of grose jets
> in
> > both Moss and TRF catalogs also do not seem to have the screens.
> >
> > I tried to remove the screens from my original jets using a utility
> > knife blade as a wedge but had no luck. So concluded they were a
> fixed
> > part of the jet and installed the new jets without the gauze
> screens.
> >
> > Is this acceptable (no screens on replacement jets)?
> >
> > Should I have tried harder to remove the screens from my originals
> and
> > fit them onto the replacements?
> >
> > Or will the screens not make any difference anyways?
> >
> > Thanks for any insights into this little puzzler!
> >
> > Peter Zaborski
> > 76 TR6 (CF58310 UO)
> > Calgary AB Canada
> >
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