[Healeys] HD mixture setting

[Alan Seigrist]

Okay, sounds pretty good to me.  What happens if you put a couple drops of
oil around the bottom of the slow idle screw?


On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 9:54 AM, <goldengt at cal.net> wrote:

> Pertronix. I lift the piston with the tubular tool in the SU tool kit. I
> put a thin flat blade across the jets so I know where flush with the bridge
> is.
> Ken
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alan Seigrist" <healey.nut at gmail.com>
> To: goldengt at cal.net
> Cc: "healeys" <healeys at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 5:53:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] HD mixture setting
>
>
> The piston lift test you should only lift the piston 1/32 " ... I find the
> little piston lifter is to imprecise and I lift the piston by hand with a
> little screwdriver. Try it that way first and see if your results vary.
> Also make sure your jets are at the same level in both carbs, sometimes
> they are uneven and then you end up getting very weird results.
>
>
> Are you running points or pertronix?
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 4:11 AM, < goldengt at cal.net > wrote:
>
>
> It seems like I have to have the mixture adjusting screw at almost 4 turns
> out to pass the piston lift test and get smooth running. This is the case
> with the old rebuilt original SU's and the Burlen SU's. It has been like
> this for quite a few years. I get about 15mpg.
> I am supposing it is due to ethanol and maybe headers. Seems like I used
> to be about 2 1/2 turns many years ago before ethanol.
> Ken Freese
> 65 BJ8
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