On 11/28/04 11:47 AM, "Earl Kagna" <kags@shaw.ca> wrote:
> David:
>
> I believe you may be wrong: The order of assembly on the tri-carbs should
> be - gasket, heat shield, gasket, spacer, gasket, carb. The parts book
> clearly shows 9 gaskets, and the illustration page shows the heat shield as
> having asbestos on both sides. My '62 (#18617) has it's original asbestos
> on both sides.
>
> Tri-carb owners should note that the heat shield is held to the intake
> manifolds with 2 bolts (each manifold) - in addition to the 2 carb studs.
> One of the bolt holes in each manifold is blind, but the other is drilled
> right through into the air passage - the threads on this bolt need to be
> sealed to prevent air leaks.
>
> I believe that the engines were painted with the manifolds mounted, but
> before the heat shield and carbs were mounted - the green paint on my
> heatshield was a notably different green shade, and the asbestos pieces seem
> to have been mounted to the shield after it was painted. There was no
> evidence of any engine paint on the carb flanges.
>
> There was residual green paint on the distributor body - mine must have been
> one of those cars that had the distributor mounted before painting.
>
> More tri-carb trivia for everyone!
>
> Earl Kagna
> Victoria, B.C.
> BT7 tri-carb
> BJ8
While we are on the tri carbs here the carb spacers have been out of
production for a long time. We recently needed some for a restoration in the
shop and were unable to get them anywhere. So we have had them maade out of
the original material an now have them available.
--
David Nock
100/6 BN4 Longbridge
Triumph TR8
British Car Specialist
Stockton Calif.
www.Britishcarspecialists.com
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