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Well today i spent hours and hours cleans twin su carbs to the point where i can service them.


Lots of time but worth it.for the v8 roar thats comming

lee

Well interesting enough i got a humble pie.call.back from them to say sorry for the bad service. that also offered my parts at trade price which was very good.of them but asyou said they could have missed alot more trade. Well the engine is actually very sweet i have rebuilt the botton half and not ...

Thanks.john i will go take a look. i finished the firat stage clean of the carbs today moving on to stage.two now to remove the.smaller.deposits ready for service kits. Interestingly i attempted to discuss the ignition options with "david manners ltd" as they supply a.lumination solution for my engi...

Hi there john

thanks.for the info. the distributor is a two point system.i know mm4x4 very well afrom landrovers so i will give them a shout and see what they say.


Just got carbs soaking in petrol diseal mix to loosen up all the muck. they not.to bad but still mucky!!!!



Best regards

lee

Hi every one spent the day removing and cleaning carbs.and plugs. the cards are currently.soaking to remove alot.of the built up muck and old.fuel. However when i removed the plugs i noticed there was alot of oil in the plug seats. i am assuming that the rocker covers have seals acound the plugs and...

Hi thrre

thanks again for the info much appreciated. I checked the float chambers and there was fresh fuel in them to i will work forward from the pump until im sure all its correct. they a bit different to landrovers but sure i will get the hang of it.

Best regards

lee

Thanks.for.the help.pete.greatly appreciated. The bit that confused.me the most was i replaced the fuel filter at thr glass.bowl. then ran the fuel pump and i got the bowl half full. then the fuel stopped. it was only by cracking the banjo to the carbs on the other side.of the bowl that fuel then fi...

Hi everyone after many years working on classic landrovers i have decided to look a the car above. This car although mainly complete has not been run for a while so i thought i would ask everyonor their tips. So far i have rebuilt the electric fuel pump and that is nicely ticking away. I confirmed o...