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SU cleaning question

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Subject: SU cleaning question
From: Dave Chu <davec@ECE.concordia.CA>
Date: Wed, 11 May 1994 17:03:25 -0400
I have a pair of SU HS2's (Thanks M Habich) that I'm trying to rebuild.
The dash pot and piston were stuck together but I managed to free them
with help from our University's machinist.  The problem now  is cleaning
the inside of the dash pot.  The machinist who used to own a TR3 told me 
to use metal polish.  But the inside surface has lots of crude and some 
corrosion which I don't think a polish can remove.  What can I use to 
clean it?  

Also, I've put a header (Yes, Mr. Woodruff I finally put it on) on my 78 
Spitfire and it now miss fires a lot.  I'm getting puffs of smoke coming 
out of the carb.  I think it's a timing problem because I had to remove 
the EGR valve when the header was installed.  This changed the vacuum setup 
and I assume it also affected the timing.  Am I on the right track or is
it something else?

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