G'day Allen
I had a Daimler 250 V8 until I traded it on the Healey - I still have a
spare pair of carbs (from which I've pinched a few bits, including the
dashpot screws, for the Healey) There are no spring washers nor have I ever
seen any on all the SU carbed cars I've has over the last 40 years - must be
a PO addition. The Daimler workshop manual doesn't show any (although my
copy isn't all that clear) - I did have an original parts manual until
recently but I sold it along with a few remaining spares. I do however have
original SU manuals for H and HS carbs, neither of which shows spring
washers. I can't see that HDs would be different.
Incidentally, there's a very good Daimler & Lanchester Club in New Zealand
that has a spares service better than most commercial sources. They still
don't appear to have a web site, but the contact details I have are:
Daimler & Lanchester Owners' in NZ Spare Parts Club Inc
PO Box 101, Kaiapoi, Pres: John Galey, 03 313 6003, Hon Sec: Gordon
Somerville, ph/fax 03 327 7616.
Cheers
Peter
PS You can buy "my" Daimler here:
http://www.healeyfactory.com.au/productsb/_products_sub_group_details.asp?id=221
for rather more than they gave me for it!!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Allen C Miller, Jr." <acmiller@mhcable.com>
To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2006 10:36 PM
Subject: SU carb screws
> Question regarding the three 'cheesehead screws' on SU carbs. On all three
> Healeys I have had, the screws when I got the cars had no compression
washers.
> I assumed that was the way they are until we got the Daimler Dart, and the
> HD6's on it had split-spring type compression washers. Were these an
> afterthought, or are SU vacuum bells supposed to be secured with washers?
I
> have no problems with the 100 in terms of the screws backing off. The
> cheeseheads seem to hold perfectly well. I'd as soon dispense with the
washers
> on the Daimler bells, as one of the vacuum pistons binds a bit unless you
> tinker with the torque on the screws with the washers in place.
>
> Sorry for polluting the Healey List with Daimler questions, but there is
only
> one Daimler club (Lancaster, Eng.) and the postings are "relatively
> infrequent".
>
> Allen Miller
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