[TR] Regarding the no. stamped on the brass tag on the ZS carbs

[sujit roy]

Hi Jack,
Thanks a lot.  My carbs where changed at some point as my Stag's a '71.
That also explains why the vacuum advance port is absent.  Later Stag's did
have the vacuum advanced port.

Sujit


On 5/16/08, McGaheyRx at aol.com <McGaheyRx at aol.com> wrote:
>
>  In a message dated 5/16/2008 1:24:08 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> triumphstag at gmail.com writes:
>
> I have two tags with me. One has the no. 2477 3509R. The other has 3146
> 3509L. Firstly, how many tags should a pair of carbs. have?
> Also, can someone please tell me about the numbers?  If there is supposed
> to
> be only one tag, one came off my Stag the other might have come from a TR7,
> but I'm not sure which one.
>
>
>
>
> each separate carb will have a tag on it - and it will have originally been
> on the top cover screw nearest the upper end of the temp. compensator
>
> anybody working on Strombergs should have a copy of Haynes Weber Carburetor
> Manual - which covers Strombergs and SUs as well as it covers Webers.
> According to the appendix of that manual, 3509R was the right carb for a 73
> or 74 Stag and 3509L was on the left carb of a 73 or 74 Stag
> The first 4 numbers are there just to throw you off - just kidding - the
> last 4 numbers and letter are the carburetor reference numbers - i don't
> know what the first 4 are - maybe a sequence or serial number of some kind.
>
> Cheers,
> Jack Mc
>
>
>
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