At one time, there were a lot of after market repair kits for SU carbs.
Most of them came with only numerical characters on the needles. Who knows
what some of the "money saving" kits had in them! Good luck in tracking
this down.
Later, Paul A
----- Original Message -----
From: "Timothy H. Collins" <thcollin@mtu.edu>
To: "brian S" <bugeye15@hotmail.com>; <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 6:24 PM
Subject: Re: SU needles
> I thought needles were identified with alpha characters, ie: AN for a
> Sprite. Does the number you mention refer to the AUD number?
>
> At 07:41 PM 4/4/2007, brian S wrote:
> >While at the OSHIT Tune. Up. Repair. Day. last weekend, (great name
> >Kevin) we, well Frank, (Thanks again Frank) rebuilt my carbs. The
> >needles had a number on them that no one had seen before, and wasn't
> >listed in Frank's SU book.
> >The number on the needles was 467. Anyone have any idea about these
> >needles? They're in 1.5 in. SU's.
> >
> >
> >Brian S.
> >Bugeyeracer under resto
>
> Tim Collins
> 1966 AH Sprite
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