From the other replies that I've gotten, I'm told to loosen, balance at
850 and tighten. The choke is adjusted with just the fast idle screws
while it's connected. I haven't really had a good explanation about the
idle adjustment at 1500, but it seems if I do a good job at 850, then at
1500 it's pretty close. John
Randall wrote:
>> When balancing the carburettors, Bentley says to loosen the
>> interconnection, and balance at 850 RPM and re tighten. Then
>> it says to
>> bring the engine to 1500rpm and re balance with the idle adjusting
>> screws. Do I loosen the interconnection again when I do
>> this?
>>
>
> I believe the answer is "no". Sounds to me like the second step involves
> adjusting the "idle trim screws" that bleed air around the throttle plates,
> rather than the position of the throttle plate.
>
>
>> It then
>> says to balance with the choke on. Once again, do I loosen the
>> connector?
>>
>
> Are you sure this third step isn't talking about adjusting the choke
> (starting bar) itself ? In any case, I'm pretty sure you don't loosen the
> clamp again, the clamp stays at the setting determined in step one.
>
> But I don't have a TR6 Bentley handy (and my home computer is on the fritz),
> so I'm just guessing.
>
> Randall
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