[Healeys] Carb tuning kit WAS: HS4 Tri-carb tuning

[Michael Salter]

And be very careful not to drop the little wrench down inside the front
suspension strut like I did yesterday 😠

On Tue., Jul. 7, 2020, 11:24 a.m. Bob Spidell, <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:

> Tom,
>
> I don't have mine handy, but from memory:
>
> The two black plastic rod-looking things go into the center of the vacuum
> pistons. In those go the 90-deg bent wires. With these you can see the
> pistons rise and fall, so as to even airflow. They also allow ballpark 1/32
> piston lifts to check mixture.
>
> The small brass plug-looking thing is a jet-centering tool that goes in
> place of a jet; very handy if you're doing a complete overhaul and
> replacing the jets.
>
> By far the most useful tool is the small wrench that looks like the tool
> some people use to floss; it's the only way I can get to the jet adjusting
> nuts on my BN2. Any other tool--wrench, pliers, etc.--would be almost
> impossible to use with the carbs on the car.
>
> All in all, a simple but useful collection of tools. Did I miss any?
>
> Bob
>
>
> On 7/7/2020 4:41 AM, Tom via Healeys wrote:
>
>
> I've always wondered:   what do each of those little tools in the tuning
> kit do?
>
> - Tom
>
> On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 10:08 PM John Spaur via Healeys <
> healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>> Bob, raising the piston 1/32” is not my issue. I am wondering why the
>> engine stalls when the center carb piston is lifted all the way up and the
>> others don’t stall the engine when lifted all the way up. I sent another
>> post with a link for that. The carbs are well synced, I used the S.U tuning
>> kit to check the piston lift and they are spot on.
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] *On Behalf Of *Bob
>> Spidell
>> *Sent:* Monday, July 6, 2020 6:32 PM
>> *To:* healeys at autox.team.net
>> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] HS4 Tri-carb tuning
>>
>>
>>
>> After much effort and consideration, I decided there must be some Brits
>> who wrote that 'procedure' laughing their asses off knowing there is no
>> practical* way to lift the pistons exactly 1/32"
>>
>> * But you can, if you have the little wire thingies in the poor man's
>> tuning kit--actually quite useful--stick the wire thingies in the piston
>> and gauge the piston rise; the wires themselves are pretty close to 1/32"
>> thick
>>
>>
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