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Carb rebuild kits
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SilentUnicorn
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Jay bird, there should be a tag on the carbs. usually under one of the screws that hold the lids on. watch it tho they are probaly not the same number. one should be a front and the other a rear
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well thats where they should be....... hopefully they are still on the carbs.
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I overheard some of the guys after the last club meeting talking about rebushing carbs and changing the throttle something or other. Should we do that? Is that part of the rebuild kit?
There's a guy in Bartlesville OK that will do the duals for $200. I'm wondering if that's not a good idea!
There's a guy in Bartlesville OK that will do the duals for $200. I'm wondering if that's not a good idea!
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oops you said HIF. try here instead .
200 sounds like a pretty good deal to me, rebushing the carbs is not part of the kit. Its a separate operation to re ream and install new bushes to remove any egged shaped wear from the carb body it self. it needs to be done correctly is kinda imporant. worn bodies or bushes cause air leaks and poor proformance. makes them difficult to tune and get running well.
perhaps Da hubby and his Buds can do it?
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200 sounds like a pretty good deal to me, rebushing the carbs is not part of the kit. Its a separate operation to re ream and install new bushes to remove any egged shaped wear from the carb body it self. it needs to be done correctly is kinda imporant. worn bodies or bushes cause air leaks and poor proformance. makes them difficult to tune and get running well.
perhaps Da hubby and his Buds can do it?
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Aloha Jaybird,
The guy you mention in Oklahoma, Jim Taylor I'm assuming does great work. His price included all the parts generally and he cleans the carbs up so they look new. He will also include a complete report of what work was done. The carbs are in a ready to install condition when they come back to you, perhaps only minor mixture and idle speed adjustments. He has done three sets of SUs for me.
Unless your club or Da Hubby has tools for machine work, rebushing the throttle shaft may be beyond a DIY job. This is a precision job.
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The guy you mention in Oklahoma, Jim Taylor I'm assuming does great work. His price included all the parts generally and he cleans the carbs up so they look new. He will also include a complete report of what work was done. The carbs are in a ready to install condition when they come back to you, perhaps only minor mixture and idle speed adjustments. He has done three sets of SUs for me.
Unless your club or Da Hubby has tools for machine work, rebushing the throttle shaft may be beyond a DIY job. This is a precision job.
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Seconded: Align boring new bushings is precision work best left to machine shops equipped for the task. Another good rebuilder is Joe Curto, in N.Y. ( https://www.joecurto.com ). Used 'em for years, they have even found me old brass floats (NLA) for carbs on 1100cc (1098) engines.
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I don't know the guy's name Dave, but I know he's in Bartlesville. And Doc, I've heard good things about Joe Curto also.
At dinner tonight dahubby (odd how conversations these days revolve around things like carbs and manifolds) was talking like he was just going to send the carbs off to be rebuild and rebushed. By the time we buy the rebuild kit and the video and any other miscellaneous, for a little bit more someone else who is experienced at this can do the work.
Dahubby was a machinist by trade for 32 years, he can do the rebuild and rebush, but I think he'd rather not!!!
Hmmm. I bought the carbs and manifold. Header was given to me. I was going to buy the rebuild kit. BUT...if dahubby doesn't want to do the work, and decides to send it out, doesn't it seem fair that he pays for it?
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At dinner tonight dahubby (odd how conversations these days revolve around things like carbs and manifolds) was talking like he was just going to send the carbs off to be rebuild and rebushed. By the time we buy the rebuild kit and the video and any other miscellaneous, for a little bit more someone else who is experienced at this can do the work.
Dahubby was a machinist by trade for 32 years, he can do the rebuild and rebush, but I think he'd rather not!!!
Hmmm. I bought the carbs and manifold. Header was given to me. I was going to buy the rebuild kit. BUT...if dahubby doesn't want to do the work, and decides to send it out, doesn't it seem fair that he pays for it?
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Gad! You're Jaybird's ~Evil Twin~!! What'd you do with the real Jaybird?!?!?
Seriously: 32 years as a machinist more than qualifies him to ream out those bushings in a straight line. BTW: there have been oversize shafts available as well, so's to allow using the old bushes reamed to size. I wuz operating on an assumption: minimum experience with machine tools... Offer dahubby my apologies, and look into oversize shafts next.
It'll be "Baby S**t" for him to do it correctly. Then you could dedicate the savings to JetHot the already *free* exhaust lump. ;}
Seriously: 32 years as a machinist more than qualifies him to ream out those bushings in a straight line. BTW: there have been oversize shafts available as well, so's to allow using the old bushes reamed to size. I wuz operating on an assumption: minimum experience with machine tools... Offer dahubby my apologies, and look into oversize shafts next.
It'll be "Baby S**t" for him to do it correctly. Then you could dedicate the savings to JetHot the already *free* exhaust lump. ;}
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<https://www.chicagolandmgclub.com/home.html>
The article on reaming the carb bushings using an inexpensive reamer is on the Chicagoland MG club's site in the tech area I believe.
This first appeared in the Sept./Oct 2001 MG Driver from NAMGBR. An easy way for the home garage mechanic to accomplish the task.
Jaybird, if the carbs you have are the 71-72 style they have those little poppet valves on the throttle discs.
If so either buy new plain discs or have whoever overhauls them install the older style ones without the poppet. The poppets never seem to work as designed due to the springs weakening and messing with your mixture settings.
The article on reaming the carb bushings using an inexpensive reamer is on the Chicagoland MG club's site in the tech area I believe.
This first appeared in the Sept./Oct 2001 MG Driver from NAMGBR. An easy way for the home garage mechanic to accomplish the task.
Jaybird, if the carbs you have are the 71-72 style they have those little poppet valves on the throttle discs.
If so either buy new plain discs or have whoever overhauls them install the older style ones without the poppet. The poppets never seem to work as designed due to the springs weakening and messing with your mixture settings.