Bill Schooler wrote:
>
> Okay, all you MGA experts out there!
>
> Got my rejuvenation project about ready to start. (1960 MGA, stored for
> about 12 years.) Have rebuilt the carbs, and have set them up ready to
> start. Read the workshop manual. Discovered a big difference in how
> you set the MGA carbs relative to the process for an MGB. Specifically,
> the manual tells one to "disable" the front carb by closing the throttle
> plate and raising the piston about 1/2 an inch, then start the car and
> run it on the back carb alone, adjusting it by the tried-and-true method
> of lifting the piston a bit and checking the response.
>
> Don't have any trouble with the process of lifting the piston, but am a
> bit puzzled about disabling the front carb. Not so in the MGB world.
> Then, of course, after getting the rear carb tuned properly, one is
> supposed to disable it (!) and go at the front one in the same manner.
> Only after each of the carbs has been adjusted while running the engine
> alone, does one bring both into play. Is this for real? Or is the MGB
> process better?
>
> I'm one of those anal folks who actually believes in reading and
> following the workshop manual procedures, but this one has me baffled.
> Please advise.
>
> --
> *Bill Schooler *Check the MGCC Wash DC Centre Web Page
> *Woodbridge, VA *http://members.aol.com/mgccwdcc/
> *schooler@erols.com
> *53 TD
> *60 MGA
> *69 MGB/GT
Tune them as a pair, or you will be at it for months.
Neil.
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