[Vintage-race] throttle rtn spring??

[Royce Miller]

Christopher,

Last time I had the Weber DCOE carbs off on my car I noticed both the internal return springs were broken.  You know, out of site out of mind.  I think you would be better off with return springs that can easily be visually inspected.


Brian,

You must not have been using the stock Lotus Cortina air cleaner.  I have never heard of someone breaking one of the monster stock throttle return springs.

Royce
'66 Lotus Cortina #111
Sacramento, CA USA


----- Original Message ----
From: Mertz <bmertz at cox.net>
To: "christopher h. kang, md" <chkangmd at earthlink.net>
Cc: VINTAGE LIST <vintage-race at autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2007 2:30:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Vintage-race] throttle rtn spring??


Redundancy is good. One of the last things you want to experience is  
a broken throttle return spring (happened to my old Lotus Cortina  
once in a Solo I).  My Alfas utilize a small arch fabricated from rod  
stock, with one leg attached to each carburetor. The spring connects  
the top of the arch to the linkage, between and below the carbs.

brian


On May 19, 2007, at 1:19 PM, christopher h. kang, md wrote:

> on my new head setup w sidedraft webers (DCOE), I noted that the  
> individ. carbs have an internal return spring. So do I need to put  
> another (safety) rtn spring on the bracket that connect the 2 carbs?
>
> christopher
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