Spoke with Lawrie at Moss support. His examples all showed the hole to be
left open, so I have drilled out the suspect carb of the pair, completed the
re-build and everything runs just great.
Many thanks to all that responded... I love this list!
Bill
Bill Beecher
'58 TR-3A TS30766L "Tarbaby"
www.triumphowners.com/1566
"A Triumph is man's best friend, it always comes when it is called...of
course, some times it is difficult to make it go"
-----Original Message-----
From: krislynco.llc@roadrunner.com [mailto:krislynco.llc@roadrunner.com]
Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 8:26 PM
To: wbeech@flash.net
Subject: Re: [Mg-t] SU Carb Question
i once had a set of su carbs that never ran right and the vent holes were
the issue..... i forgot what the reason was for leaving them open and/or
closed,,, but know for certain that john twist at university motors set me
straight and actually in my case, for whatever reason, had me seal up the
holes.... car then ran like a dream..... wow i am gettung old... i cannot
remember....!!
rocky d
---- wbeech@flash.net wrote:
> Helping a friend re-build his H2 carbs on his TD and after disassembly
> I noticed that the ring on top of the body, after removal of the
> piston/slide, has two screws and two holes that vent to the outside of
> the body. On one unit of these the holes have been sealed up with
> JB-Weld(?) and the other unit has the holes open to the atmosphere.
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/7899895@N08/6578318551/
> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/7899895@N08/6578318551/>
>
> So, inquiring minds want to know, should these be sealed up or left open?
>
> TIA for all the help!
>
> Bill
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