- 1. Poor idle when hot, conclusion (score: 1)
- Author: John Peak <redbn7@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 04:31:11 -0700 (PDT)
- Taking the advice of those who responded to my request for help, I re-examined the carbs. Like many, I suffer from the Infallibility Syndrome. This is the belief that the part of the car I just work
- /html/healeys/2004-07/msg00001.html (8,109 bytes)
- 2. Re: Poor idle when hot, conclusion (score: 1)
- Author: ah1960bt7@att.net
- Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 13:35:16 +0000
- John, having rebuilt many sets of SU carbs, I have a "fool proof" way to set the needles in the pistons. Insert the needle into the piston, leaving the shoulder outside or proud of the flat part of t
- /html/healeys/2004-07/msg00009.html (7,563 bytes)
- 3. Re: Poor idle when hot, conclusion (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Spidell" <bspidell@pacbell.net>
- Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 07:57:50 -0700
- All the needles I've bought/used on my BJ8 don't have a "shoulder," but a small groove around the circumference of the needle at the point where the tapered part and the cylindrical section--the part
- /html/healeys/2004-07/msg00013.html (7,807 bytes)
- 4. Re: Poor idle when hot, conclusion (score: 1)
- Author: "John P. New" <jnew@hazelden.ca>
- Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 11:57:23 -0400
- If you take a look at "The SU Carburetter Type HD, Tuning, Adjusting, and Servicing Instructions (January 1966)" posted at my site there is a diagram showing the proper position of a grooved needle
- /html/healeys/2004-07/msg00015.html (7,667 bytes)
- 5. Re: Poor idle when hot, conclusion (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Spidell" <bspidell@pacbell.net>
- Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 09:09:01 -0700
- Wow! Got lucky ;) Ran at the "top of the groove" for years and it ran just fine ... but now at least I'm technically correct. bs ** Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@pacbell.net '67 Austin-Healey 300
- /html/healeys/2004-07/msg00016.html (7,306 bytes)
- 6. Re: Poor idle when hot, conclusion (score: 1)
- Author: John Peak <redbn7@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 10:02:02 -0700 (PDT)
- Good advice Brent, though the ruler would need to have a very sharp edge as the shoulder on these particular needles was very small. The car runs great now so I will leave well enough alone, but I wi
- /html/healeys/2004-07/msg00017.html (8,032 bytes)
- 7. Re: Poor idle when hot, conclusion (score: 1)
- Author: "gbrierton" <gbrierton@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 13:51:13 -0400
- Help, fellow listers! I am suddenly not getting any posts, except the regular one from the list janitor (V1 #1181 & #1182). I sent a test, which showed up in the list janitors list, but not on my com
- /html/healeys/2004-07/msg00018.html (7,206 bytes)
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