Phil - your best bet is to order the Haynes 'Techbook' (blue cover) on the
Weber carbs (if it isn't qlready on the shelf) - it also contains the ZS and
SU manuals together in the same volume. The ZS manual is not all that big,
but its cost is that of a typical Haynes. With the techbook, you get 1
manual for all the types of carbs you would ever find on a TR (except
Dell'orto, but I digress). Cheers, JD
-----Original Message-----
From: Philip Haldeman [SMTP:haldeman@accessone.com]
Sent: February 3, 2000 1:42 PM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Cc: levilevi@home.com; hefryes@iconn.net; econrad@teal.csn.net
Subject: Re: Junk TR6 carburetor psychology
Thanks for the advice. I'll order the Haynes carburetor manual. I
admit
being uncomfortable working on cars---or I should say, the purely
mechanical aspects of them. My carbs don't need rebuilding, as I
think you
understand. Diagrams are fine, but you are still one step away from
observing something first-hand---the shape of the parts, the way
things fit
together, etc. This may seem trivial to someone who has already
taken
apart a carburetor---and perhaps it is.
As far as tuning the carbs, I suspect that the manual's instructions
pertain to relatively new cars. Most of the cars on this list
probably
have over 100,000 miles on them, and I've been told that adjusting
the
carbs on such vehicles requires experience. Not that I'll get any by
fiddling around with an old junk carburetor! But it was just an
idea---not
for any specific purpose.
--Phil Haldeman
haldeman@accessone.com
----- Original Message -----
From: <levilevi@home.com>
To: Philip Haldeman <haldeman@accessone.com>
Cc: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 11:44 PM
Subject: Re: Junk TR6 carburetor psychology
> Phil,
>
> > The guy says that some things go wrong that can't be fixed, such
as the
jets, but that they throw those away.
>
> This guy is wrong. You can easily replace jets. I've done it and
Apple
> Hydraulics will sell you the jets and the tool (valve guide from a
> Honda) to use.
>
> My advice is to get the Haynes book on ZS carbs and read it front
to
> back and sideways. Highlight things, ask questions of the list,
hold
> the book over your carbs as you read it, put it down for a few
weeks,
> pick it up again and read it some more. Do the same with the
Bentleys
> carb section. Then when you NEED to you'll have a base of
knowledge to
> work on your the carbs that are on your car. It's really not that
> complicated working on them once you know what the theory is and a
few
> of the tricks from the listers (e.g. installing jets). Unless you
need
> practice putting screws in and out of something I think your time
would
> be better spend reading about carbs than practicing on one.
There's
> nothing magical to "practice" on a carb IMHO as far as rebuilding
them.
> The practice part is needed more when you tune the buggers when
the car
> is running, and even then all your reading will help make that
> "practice" more systematic. If you want to practice something I
would
> suggest practice reading plugs so you can tell by looking at them
if the
> carbs are running lean or rich or just right. Ask the junkyard
guy for
> some old plugs and have him show you which is rich, lean, correct.
But
> that's just my experience. I'm sure others on the list will weigh
in
> with other constructive advice or maybe a junked carb.
>
> Bud
>
>
>
>>Would it make sense to ask if any of you have a TR6 carburetor
that's
>>been junked, but is complete? My '72 TR6 Stromberg carbs say CD-2
175 on
>>them, I believe. I don't know if there's an early and a late
type, but
I'd
>>like to get the correct one. Would anybody care to just mail one
to me
for
>> "postage and handling"? Is this a stupid question? A stupid
idea?
>>Feel free.
> >
> > --Phil Haldeman
> > haldeman@accessone.com
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