[Healeys] tricarb vacuum pick off

Olin Brimberry healey at hunterbane.com
Wed Nov 3 18:19:07 MST 2010


So does this mean that there was nothing wrong with your carbs after  
all?  How did the gaskets slip over the port?  I thought that this was  
held in place by the intake studs, no?

Olin Brimberry
61 3000 MKII
BT7 Sideshifter TriCarb
healey at hunterbane.com
www.hunterbane.com



On Nov 3, 2010, at 3:17 PM, Steven Kemple wrote:

> Thanks for the information.
>
> All is back together and test run.  It was quite a valuable learning
> experience having to R and R the full tricarb setup.  And no extra  
> parts when
> done!  In the process I uncovered a couple of nasty problems.  The  
> lower nut
> on all three inlet manifolds was missing and a slipped  gasket  
> partially
> covered the intake for the forward and center carbs.  Runs much  
> stronger now,
> but I still haven't gotten the carb adjustment quite right.  I'm  
> sure that
> will come fwith experience, but any hints in the mean time?
>
> Steve Kemple
> '62 BT7 Tricarb
> On Oct 29, 2010, at 12:43 AM, I Erbs wrote:
>
>> Does not matter which carb you get vaccum from. Any parts store  
>> will have
> vaccum hose
>>
>> I Erbs
>> Sent from my iPod
>>
>> On Oct 28, 2010, at 4:56 PM, Steven Kemple <skemple at tidewater.net>  
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I am a fresh subscriber to the list although I have been around  
>>> Healeys
> and
>>> have  viewed the archives for quite some time.  The current car is  
>>> a '62
>>> tricarb that I have had just a few months.  While changing out the  
>>> exhaust
>>> system, I found that I had a cracked exhaust manifold.  So out  
>>> everything
> came
>>> to replace the manifold.  The carbs, I was told, had been  
>>> overhauled but
> they
>>> have been nothing but trouble.  Since I never want to do this job  
>>> again
> with
>>> the engine in the car, I gulped and got a set of new carbs from  
>>> Moss.  That
> is
>>> the next thing to go in the engine bay.  The vacuum advance  
>>> connection on
> the
>>> original carb set is on the rear carb.  On the new set it is on  
>>> the center
>>> carb.  Other than a short vacuum advance line, does this present  
>>> any other
>>> problems?  What is a good source for the line if that is all I  
>>> need to do?
>>> Looks like I need about another 6 inches.
>>>
>>> Steve Kemple
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