Hi Jason, Yes I have a complete carb tool. Since I have the Carb out of
the car, I was doing the adjustment (actually looking for a change) with the
piston & diapragm out of the carb.
IF ONLY the tool would start moving the needle, I would be a "happy dude".
Atwell
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> On Sun, 3 Aug 1997, Atwell Haines wrote:
>
> > Turning with all his might (well OK, with a firm grasp) he found that
> even several turns of the allen made no visible change in the
> relationship between the piston and the needle.
>
> 1. You *do* have both parts of the adjusting tool, right? :) Tring to
> adjust the mixture with just the allen-wrench part will a) not be too
> effective and b) stretch and likely tear your diagphram.
>
> 2. If you overturn the adjusting screw, the needle will come out at the
> bottom. To get it back into place requires sticking a finger between it
> and the piston and pushing up while turning it with the hex tool.
>
> Found both out the hard way.
>
> -jason
>
> Jason Clark
> gjclark@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu
>
> 1980 TR7 30th Anniversary Edition DHC
> 1980 TR8 DHC
>
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