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</head><body><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">FWIW, I fought an H6 carb issue all spring too. Randall is right (huh, go figger). I had the same thing, a professional rebuild. In the end, I wound up buying a carb rebuild kit and following a YouTube video. Eazy Peezy (peasy? peasey?)</p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br></p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Happily the throttle shafts were reamed correctly, so in the end, after my rebuild, the carbs run perfectly at very nearly the initial 12 flat setting after testing and adjusting for mixture. </p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br></p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I don't know about your preference, but if my carbs are on a deep end of the Bell Curve, with little adjustment left, my choice would be at a minimum to pull them apart to check if the float valve or needles are sticking. </p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br></p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Good luck!</p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br></p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Terry Smith, '59 TR3A TS 58667</p><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">New Hampshire</p><blockquote type="cite">On September 6, 2019 at 11:39 AM Randall <tr3driver@ca.rr.com> wrote: <br> <br>Seems your rebuild isn't as perfect as you think. They rarely are. <br> <br>But as long as you can achieve a reasonable adjustment, I don't see a reason to worry about it. Carbs are never perfect anyway. <br> <br>-- Randall <br> <br><div class="ox-72f6de8245-gmail_quote">On 6 September 2019 09:34:48 GMT-05:00, "G.D. Huggins" <gdhuggins@genfiniti.com> wrote:<blockquote>All,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Here’s another thing to ponder whilst I wait for my rebuilt lever shocks to arrive..</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">My engine will idle under the following conditions:</div><div class=""><ul class=""><li class="">Idle screws are backed off all the way, not touching the plate, therefore not opening the throttle plate. (In theory, they are fully closed.)</li><li class="">Mixtures nuts all the way lean. (In theory, there should be ZERO fuel going into the carbs.)</li><li class="">Both the throttle and choke are loosened from the linkage, making sure jets are all the way up, and throttles are not sticking</li></ul></div><div class="">For the record, these are professionally rebuilt HS6 carbs, with super throttle shaft bushing, perfectly centered jets, etc.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">In what is ostensibly a ZERO fuel/air mixture, how is this engine running?</div><div class="">Do these engines just have a magic power to idle when starved?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Has anyone else witnessed this on their own cars?</div><div class="">If so, should I do anything? If so, what? (other than maybe looking to make sure the needles/jets are matched correctly)</div><br class=""> <br class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div style="color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Kind Regards, <br class=""> <br class="">Guy D. Huggins <br class=""> <a href="mailto:gdhuggins@genfiniti.com" class="">gdhuggins@genfiniti.com</a> <br class="">817.454.6415</div><div style="color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><br class="ox-72f6de8245-Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br class="ox-72f6de8245-Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br class=""></blockquote></div></blockquote><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;" class="default-style"><br> </p><blockquote type="cite">** triumphs@autox.team.net ** <br> <br>Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html <br>Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/triumphs http://www.team.net/archive <br> <br>Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/terryrs@comcast.net <br></blockquote><p style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif; color: #333333;" class="default-style"><br> </p></body></html>