[Fot] Stromberg Carb - Needle Removal

[Mike Harmuth]

Try this-
https://bowtie6.com/other/zenith-stromberg-carburetter-repair/

Small star washer on top of the needle assembly keeps all the needle parts
inside.
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good luck

mike h

On Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 7:00 PM Jack Wheeler via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> I have worked on British Cars (mostly TR-3's and 4's) all my life.  Until
> now, I have successfully avoided working on Stromberg carburetors.
> Recently a friend who knows I work on British cars, asked me if I could
> rebuild a carb on a Spitfire he was working on.  For some crazy reason, I
> accepted this challenge.  It is from a 1978 Spitfire (at least that's the
> year of the car).
>
> I'm trying to remove the needle from the piston.  The only manuals I have
> for a Stromberg carb are for a TR-6, and I'm not sure they are the same,
> especially since this car was made 2 years after the TR-6 went out of
> production, in an era when emissions laws kept changing resulting in
> constant changes to the carburetors.  So far, I have removed the piston and
> diaphragm, and using a TR-6 adjusting tool, I turned it counter-clockwise
> for a number of turns, or until I figured it was loose.  Then, I removed
> the set screw in the side of the piston.  Now, the whole needle assembly
> turns in the piston when I use the adjusting tool to turn it.  But, it
> won't come out.  Is there something else I need to do, or is it just stuck
> real well after sitting for the last 20 or so years?
>
> Thanks for any ideas you can give me.  Also, can anyone recommend a manual
> for late 70's Stromberg carbs used on the Spitfire?
>
> Jack
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