There is a great "tongue in cheek" book named "How to Repair you
Foreign Car". The chapter on fuel systems states"
Carburetor ... a French word for DO NOT TOUCH ...
>Good point on the later carbs, Dave. I should have added the caveat
>that the newest set of twin SUs I have worked on are on my 1960 3A!
>I did drive a 1974 MGBGT for a few years (it was the early 1974 with
>twin carbs - they changed to a single carb in the middle of the
>year), but I bought it new and never had the need to synch the
>carbs, so I cannot say whether the "lift the piston" method worked
>or not - I never tried it.
>
>As to the lifting pin, I don't think it is always true to say that
>you could not adjust the mixture this way if the pin were not
>present. I drove and worked on a lot of different cars with smaller
>single SUs (1 1/4s, usually) back in my youth in England, and I'm
>sure I remember reading in one shop manual or another (possibly for
>a Morris Minor) that you could use a long, narrow screwdriver to
>lift the piston, after removing the air cleaner, of course. I know
>that I used that method myself a lot.
>
>Mike
>Plainfield, IL _______________________________________________
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Bill Pugh
anabil007@ comcast.net
Wallace, CA
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