Sean
I just had twin SUs installed in my '78 (yes I know, sinful that I
didn't do it myself but time didn't permit) and my trusted local
supplier the "Miniman' was able to locate the necessary linkage without
too much to do. You might want to try them (Carp, Ontario) at
613-836-4283.
Cheers
Mike
'78 Spit
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>From:
> sean_johnson%milacron.com@bnr400[SMTP:sean_johnson%milacron.com@bnr400]
>
>Sent: June 27, 1996 3:30 AM
>To: triumphs%autox.team.net@bnr400
>Subject: SU2 linkage [again]
>
>My attempts to find the brackets and linkage for actuating dual SU's in
>my
>'75 Spitfire with a cable came up dry. Rimmer bros supplied a new
>cable but
>couldn't come up with the long angled bracket, triangular plate and rod
>to
>get from the cable end connect to the carbs.
>
>I guess I could cobble something up to make it work, but it would look
>SO
>much nicer with the original hardware.
>
>This leaves me with two options:
>
>1) Find some kind soul who has these parts lurking in his garage and
>will
>part with them for a reasonable sum, or
>
>2) Reverse engineer these things. If you happen to have these parts
>on you
>vehicle, I'd be grateful for some good steel-ruler measurements.
>Scaling the
>measurements from the pics/sketches in my Haynes is going to take a
>couple of
>tries to get it right.
>
>I'd prefer option 1).
>
>thanks and regards,
>
>Sean Johnson
>'75 Spitfire with bits from other years "gulash"
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