Joe,
I only take my air cleaners off when I need to see something behind them or
change them. I see no reason to take them off when topping up the oil in
the carbs. I have a fair amount of resistance when I put the plungers back
in the carbs. I'm not sure what the 1/4" is about, maybe the last 1/4"
before the plungers are seated. I have a 72 with stock HIF4 carbs. I've
been spending a great deal of time under my dash trying to get my heater fan
switch out, a deep socket is a big help taking the temp. control off. We
are in complete agreement over instructions, I am a firm believer in using
them as a last resort. However I do take advise from people on the list who
know easier ways to do things.
Good luck,
Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: Garner, Joseph P. <JPGarner@UCDavis.Edu>
To: MG list (E-mail) <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, April 23, 2000 10:10 PM
Subject: more idiot questions
>Hi everyone
>
>I had an interesting, but unsatisfying evening tinkering today. First on
the
>list was reconneting/taping up a loose wire (door alarm switch) to the
>buzzer. After unscreewing the gear shift knob and taking off the arm rest
>panel, and unscrewing the lower instrument panel, and taking off the heater
>control knobs i discover (to my annoyance) that my socket set wasn't deep
>enough to undo the retaining nuts on the heater controls, so i wound up
>fishing the offending wire out from behind the instrument panel with a pair
>of tweezers and taping it up... talk about wasted effort. anyway, I my
peace
>of mind is better now that i don't have a loose wire floating around back
>there.
>
>So i'm doing my monthly checks, and i'm onto checking the carb. oil. (one
of
>the answers to my previous post about poor fuel efficincy was to check the
>carb oil level). Well the Haynes manual says you should have about 1/4" of
>resistance when you drop the piston back in... hmmm.... mine seems to slide
>in without any resistance at all. eeek. So here's my idiot question. The
>mechanic who checked the car over for me before i bought it told me i could
>top up the oil just by taking the piston out and pouring the oil straight
>in. The Haynes manual says to take off the air filter assembly first. There
>must be rhyme and reason to this so i was wondering (idiot second question
>coming up) why this is recommended. I'm one of these annoying people who
>isn't simply happy to follow instructions... I like to know why i'm doing
>what I'm doing...
>
>Thanks in advance!
>
>cheers
>
>Joe
>
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>Dr. Joseph Garner
>Department of Animal Science,
>University of California,
>One Shields Avenue,
>Davis,
>CA 95616
>USA
>
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