Hi Eric,
Carb cleaner is OK for SUs. Go ahead and use it. Getting them clean will
make both of them, and you, feel better. By the way, if you disassemble
them, don't interchange the parts from one SU to the other. The top
cover that you see and the piston inside are fitted together.
Bob
On Sun, 7 Sep 1997 12:20:03 -0400 (EDT) bk996@freenet.carleton.ca (Eric
R. Stephen) writes:
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>Thanks to all for your replies. I went out and picked up some carb
>cleaner. Before I test I have another question. I know it's carb
>cleaner
>but is it compatible with lbc SU carbs? If so, I think I will clean
>before testing since I have been driving for four months with out air
>cleaners. The car came sans cleaners and they have been back ordered
>(they
>just arrived!). Advice on this would be appreciated. Please bear
>with me
>on some of these questions as I am still relatively new to lbc's and
>auto
>fix-up generally.
>
>TIA,
>1960 MGA 1600 Roadster
>
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> ' ' ' Great is the truth and mighty above all
>things;
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><---ooO---(_)---Ooo---> It liveth and conquereth for ever more;
>......Eric The more thou searchest, the more thou shalt
>marvel.
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