So does this mean that there was nothing wrong with your carbs after
all? How did the gaskets slip over the port? I thought that this was
held in place by the intake studs, no?
Olin Brimberry
61 3000 MKII
BT7 Sideshifter TriCarb
healey@hunterbane.com
www.hunterbane.com
On Nov 3, 2010, at 3:17 PM, Steven Kemple wrote:
> Thanks for the information.
>
> All is back together and test run. It was quite a valuable learning
> experience having to R and R the full tricarb setup. And no extra
> parts when
> done! In the process I uncovered a couple of nasty problems. The
> lower nut
> on all three inlet manifolds was missing and a slipped gasket
> partially
> covered the intake for the forward and center carbs. Runs much
> stronger now,
> but I still haven't gotten the carb adjustment quite right. I'm
> sure that
> will come fwith experience, but any hints in the mean time?
>
> Steve Kemple
> '62 BT7 Tricarb
> On Oct 29, 2010, at 12:43 AM, I Erbs wrote:
>
>> Does not matter which carb you get vaccum from. Any parts store
>> will have
> vaccum hose
>>
>> I Erbs
>> Sent from my iPod
>>
>> On Oct 28, 2010, at 4:56 PM, Steven Kemple <skemple@tidewater.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I am a fresh subscriber to the list although I have been around
>>> Healeys
> and
>>> have viewed the archives for quite some time. The current car is
>>> a '62
>>> tricarb that I have had just a few months. While changing out the
>>> exhaust
>>> system, I found that I had a cracked exhaust manifold. So out
>>> everything
> came
>>> to replace the manifold. The carbs, I was told, had been
>>> overhauled but
> they
>>> have been nothing but trouble. Since I never want to do this job
>>> again
> with
>>> the engine in the car, I gulped and got a set of new carbs from
>>> Moss. That
> is
>>> the next thing to go in the engine bay. The vacuum advance
>>> connection on
> the
>>> original carb set is on the rear carb. On the new set it is on
>>> the center
>>> carb. Other than a short vacuum advance line, does this present
>>> any other
>>> problems? What is a good source for the line if that is all I
>>> need to do?
>>> Looks like I need about another 6 inches.
>>>
>>> Steve Kemple
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