[6pack] Carb Rebuild Story

[Bob]

On Saturday, August 07, 2010 06:43:43 pm Brian at asmoothmove.biz wrote:
> After just shy of 2 months at Paltech in Ohio, I received my carbs and
> manifold back this week. What a relief to find that they ran great right
> out of the box. The workmanship and finish are exemplary. If you can
> afford the down-time and need similar work done, I highly recommend this
> company. Those on the list that recommended this company to me were right.
>  My only complaint was that the shipment packaging was no where near the
> quality I would expect for my delicate and pricey cargo.  Pictures of
> carbs and manifold on my Facebook page.
> 
> On a different note, FYI I was able to cure a long-time differential clunk
> problem by replacing the side gear bushings (now fiber) and planet gear
> bushings (brass) to tighten up this part of the gear train. Installed
> pinion/crown gear backlash is .005 average. I was also able to replace a
> single cracked carrier bearing cap (I received an entire used unit from Ted
> Schumacher - another one I highly recommend). I got lucky because one of
> the caps on the unit I received was almost exact in critical dimensions to
> the cracked one. I think I dodged a bullet, but time will tell.
> 
> Brian J. Alwin
> 1972 TR6 CC79085
> _______________________________________________


Brian,

I decided to go with the Hitachi SU HS6 upgrade offered by Jeff.
I posted a photo on the 6-pack list. 
http://www.6-pack.org/sixpack/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=15146&highlight=

Scroll down to you see the post with the engine bay in French blue with the 
yellow TR3 and white TR4 avatar. That is me.

I agree with you, Jeff sure does nice work.
And yesterday I finally completed enough of the wiring of the dash to give the 
engine a start and it started right up ran pretty good for a freshly rebuilt 
engine, dist, and carbs. Still needs some sorting out but that will happen 
when I can get it out of the garage.

Bob