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1. re: SU dashpot oil (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 10:28:42 -0500 (EST); Thanks to all listers who responded to my query about dashpot oil. Happy motoring to all, and southerners, count your blessings, y'all. Mike Blonder Elmhurst, IL USA 63 TR4; /html/triumphs/1997-10/msg02238.html (6,952 bytes)
2. SU dashpot oil (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 18:13:09 -0800; Back again, I know this was discussed earlier but i wasn't receiving any messages from the list then...(i just resubscribed, works fine now)...anyway my question is "what weight oil to use in the das; /html/triumphs/1997-10/msg02266.html (7,140 bytes)
3. Re: SU dashpot oil (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 18:42:01 -0800; Lew, You can spend lots of money on the oil that Vickie Brit etal sell for the purpose. I have found that Marvel Mystery oil works fine for the dash pots. Haynes says to fill the damper guide to with; /html/triumphs/1997-10/msg02268.html (8,238 bytes)
4. Re: SU dashpot oil (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 18:42:01 -0800; Lew, You can spend lots of money on the oil that Vickie Brit etal sell for the purpose. I have found that Marvel Mystery oil works fine for the dash pots. Haynes says to fill the damper guide to with; /html/triumphs/1997-10/msg02270.html (8,331 bytes)
5. Re: SU dashpot oil (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 09:41:37 -0700 "Re: SU dashpot oil" (Oct 26, 6:42pm); Hang on, there. I've been following this thread thinking something is not quite right regarding how much oil to put in. I have never before heard of anyone filling an SU damper up to the top (or 1/4; /html/triumphs/1997-10/msg02317.html (8,932 bytes)
6. RE: SU Dashpot oil (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 27 Oct 97 11:49:35 -0500; Just to make things really confusing... I remember hearing something from a Triumph racer about running the carbs with no oil in them to improve throttle response. It's probably something that only w; /html/triumphs/1997-10/msg02319.html (7,622 bytes)
7. RE: SU Dashpot oil (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 11:58:43 +0500 (EST); Thank you for saying that. I had been told that many years ago by a fellow autocrosser (who ran then and still runs the TR4 he bought new in 1963 -- hi, Pete!). I tried it with my GT6+ and it did see; /html/triumphs/1997-10/msg02320.html (8,463 bytes)
8. Re: SU dashpot oil (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 09:21:23 -0800; Charles, Read the message again. It doesn't say 1/4 inch from the top of the dash pot. It says within 1/4 inch of the rim of the "damper guide". That's the top of the piston assembly. That makes a bi; /html/triumphs/1997-10/msg02323.html (10,234 bytes)
9. Re: SU Dashpot oil (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 13:01:40 -0500 (EST); probably Dave: This is well outside my area of expertise, but given that the purpose of the dash pot is to provide an enriched mixture when the accelerator pedal is floored, it doesn't seem to me to; /html/triumphs/1997-10/msg02331.html (8,736 bytes)
10. Re[2]: SU Dashpot oil (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 27 Oct 97 13:18:23 -0500; Isn't it the other way around? The oil is supposed to work as a damper, so getting rid of it would make the piston move more quickly. Maybe I'll have to find this guy and ask him. Just guessing, Dav; /html/triumphs/1997-10/msg02334.html (8,787 bytes)
11. Re[2]: SU Dashpot oil (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 10:41:23 -0800; ** Yes this is true, but what actually happens is when you slam the throttle open the piston acting against the oil is dampened so that the suction created by no restriction from a wide open throttle; /html/triumphs/1997-10/msg02336.html (8,844 bytes)
12. Re: SU Dashpot oil (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 14:10:51 -0500; That's right, but there's more to consider... The piston controls how much air gets in to the engine. The intent with the piston travel being damped is to slow the piston down when rising, so that le; /html/triumphs/1997-10/msg02340.html (11,022 bytes)
13. RE: SU Dashpot oil (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 15:29:47 -0500; Well, on my SU's I ran on my Spit, I could get away with no oil. My older stromberg was ok with it as well, but it did seem a bit rich My newer strom. hates it. It has a big needle and jet, so I get; /html/triumphs/1997-10/msg02350.html (10,025 bytes)
14. Re: SU dashpot oil (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 13:40:46 -0800 (PST); My driver's manual only says to fill the Strombergs up to within 1/4". The SUs it just says to 'fill correctly'. Maybe I have a reprint. -Malcolm; /html/triumphs/1997-10/msg02355.html (8,638 bytes)
15. Re: SU Dashpot oil (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 16:08:32 -0800; You are correct. The oil is to make the piston move up more slowly damping the oscillation that it would ordinarily have during moderate driving. Without oil the pistons move up (and down) more rapid; /html/triumphs/1997-10/msg02363.html (8,980 bytes)
16. Re: SU Dashpot oil (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 20:17:33 -0500 (EST); Joe: The oil only dampens in the upward direction. There is no dampening in the downward direction. Dan Masters, Alcoa, TN '71 TR6--3000mile/year driver, fully restored '71 TR6--undergoing full resto; /html/triumphs/1997-10/msg02377.html (8,694 bytes)
17. Re: SU Dashpot oil (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 21:15:47 -0500; Mmmm.... not quite. The purpose is not to restrict the air, it's to make the same amount of air go in through a smaller orifice. This makes the air go faster over the jet, which increases the "vacuum; /html/triumphs/1997-10/msg02384.html (9,137 bytes)
18. Re: SU Dashpot oil (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 19:12:51 -0800; Dan, I stand corrected, no damping downward... only upward damping. Now we can move on. Joe Curry; /html/triumphs/1997-10/msg02389.html (8,677 bytes)
19. Re: SU dashpot oil (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 06:52:35 -0500 (EST); If you've got the same manual as me, that note is for Stromberg carbs. Seems most listers think if you overfill, it will burn off, and maybe make the engine run rougher for a brief period. Mike Blon; /html/triumphs/1997-10/msg02406.html (8,118 bytes)
20. Re: SU Dashpot oil (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 07:36:18 -0500; Trevor, You're right -- thanks for catching my mistake -- I knew the mixture got richer due to the damper, but erred when I jumped to the conclusion of "why." --ken -- Kenneth B. Streeter | EMAIL: s; /html/triumphs/1997-10/msg02408.html (9,334 bytes)

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