Just a note to the wise. My 73 B, a daily driver, is d-e-e-p in the heart
of Texas, and, being properly prepared, never overheats.
Elizabeth
At 12:37 PM 2/23/99 -0800, john peloquin wrote:
>Dear Denise,
>
>I've had my SU's rebuilt completely for $150 the pair by this Jim Taylor
>guy in OK. He even includes an engineering and bench test for the process.
>Heck for that price you essentially get new carbs. When I had to have my
>car smogged for the last time, the car passed WITHOUT ANY adjustment on
>the carbs. I just bolted 'em on and went through with flying colors.
>
>As for Hell hole, during the summers I couldn't agree more strongly, I
>hate summer here.
>However the winters are great. BTW, I've lived all over the country and
>you can do so much worse than the Inland Empire, I wouldn't complain too
>much about it.
>
>For starters, compare California's I.E. with ANY PLACE in Texas or the
>Southeast.
>
>Now I know you are comparing the I. E. with S. D., and by those standards
>the I.E. SUCKS. However, compared to S. D. almost everywhere sucks. Sorry
>to inform you, but you've been spoiled.
>
>FWIW, how have you handled the overheating problem our MGs have here?
>
>
>"Never ascribe to Malice that which can be explained by Ignorance."
>John J. Peloquin, Assistant Research Entomologist
>Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521
>
>On Tue, 23 Feb 1999 xyzabcde@earthlink.net wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm having no luck finding a machine shop that will ream SU's for oversize
>> throttle shafts. Some of them actually admit that they won't do it
because they
>> don't make enough money off of it. Instead, they want me to pay them to
rebuild
>> the carbs completely. Fat chance.
>>
>> I've found a tool store that will sell me the correct reamer (.323" or 'P'
>> reamer) for $16.50 plus tax. This seems like a good thing to own when I
own
>> eight sets of SU's. The problem is, the reamer has a smooth shank to
fit in a
>> drill press or mill and I don't have either. I could probably rig up
something
>> so that I could ream by hand, but I don't think I could do it acurately
enough.
>>
>> Here are the options as I see it. Drive a car getting 10mpg to San
Diego (200
>> miles one way) to have my old machinist do it. Take reamer, carb
bodies, and
>> throttle shafts on a tour of all of the local machine shops, bat my
eyelashes
>> and hope someone takes pity on me. Mail the aforementioned bits to some
kind
>> person on the list to be reamed and mailed back to me (hint, hint).
Widen my
>> area of search and try to find a real machine shop.
>>
>> BTW, I'm in the Inland Empire, which is a euphemism for the hellhole
east of LA
>> on the border of Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties. Truck pulls
are the
>> height of culture around here.
>
>Don't forget the Date Festival!!!!! ;-)
>
>And the dead Sonny Bono, former congressman for lots of the desert.
>
>> I'm near Pomona where I grew up and which I've
>> always referred to as the armpit of LA County. I'm now in the armpit of
San
>> Bernardino County, birthplace of the Hell's Angels and John Birch Society.
>> If
>> you see "Berdoo" on the back of a biker's jacket, he or she is from San
>> Bernardino. Does anyone know of a good machine shop in this area?
>>
>You might talk to Import Auto up on 9th st. in San Berdoo for some
>suggestions too.
>
>> All suggestions, advice, offers gratefully accepted. Help!
>>
>> Denise Thorpe
>>
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