Moss and other British car parts places sell a kit for SUs which include
a tool to align the nozzle - it works as I completely disassembled my
carbs and was able to get everything aligned again using the kit. It's
good to have and fairly cheap - about $20.
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Kerr [mailto:mikekerr@innercite.com]
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 5:49 PM
To: Your Name; datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: SU Carburetor Question
needle may be out of alinemnet
call me for info on how to aline it >>
Mike Kerr
Restoration Products
3730 todrob Ln.
Placerville, CA 95667
Ph# 530-644-6777
Fax# 530-644-6777
E-mail mikekerr@innercite.com
Web; innercite.com/~wolfgang
-----Original Message-----
From: Your Name <jsugar@pacbell.net>
To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, March 02, 2000 9:42 PM
Subject: SU Carburetor Question
>I have been having idling problems....I adjusted the idle screw on the rear
>carburetor as part of my "troubleshooting" (the shop manual discussion of
the SU
>carburetors looks like a direct translation from the original...I have
trouble
>following it). Anyway, now the needle and piston seem to intermittantly
hang up
>before they close completely. Turning the idle adjust screw seems to solve
the
>problem.
>
>My question is: Have I terminally screwed something up? Should this
happen? What
>do experienced roadster owners do in this case?
>
>Thanks
>
>John Sugar
>70 2000
>
>
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