[Healeys] carb damper

[Al Fuller]

Jim: what he said...

The damper rod and piston might still be down there in the damper oil! If
not, someone likely had the backfire problem, the rod came out through the
plastic and they removed it.

I'm not familiar with the clearance between the engine and bonnet on that
car, but you might look at the underside of the bonnet for a mark that
would confirm the theory.

Either way, it looks like you need to get a damper for them.

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On Tue, Dec 24, 2024, 10:22 AM richard mayor <boyracer466 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On occasion I have seen dampers  with plastic caps that have the steel rod
> protruding through the top of the cap.  This is caused when the engine has
> backfired through the carburetors and the piston and damper are driven
> upwards. This drives the damper rod through the plastic cap.  You will
> never see this with the dampers with brass caps.
>
> I suspect this is what started the issue with your damper before the
> previous owner made it even worse.
>
> Richard Mayor
> boyracer466 at gmail.com
>
>
>
> On Dec 24, 2024, at 9:02 AM, healeymanjim via Healeys <
> healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> ran into something have not seen before.  cleaning the carbs on an MGTC
> and discovered there is no damper.  there is a plastic cap and a 3/16 hole
> approx 1/4 inch deep in top of piston rod.  Moss shows a damper and so does
> the workshop manual.  any ideas what i have here?
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