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RE: More SU woes

To: "'triumphs@autox.team.net'" <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: RE: More SU woes
From: Gernot Vonhoegen <gernot.vonhoegen@stir.ac.uk>
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 1998 14:23:05 +0100

Well I just recovered from that syndrom, It was not a Triumph but my
Mini Marcos, it turned out, that the butterflys were sticking open even
though they looked closed. application of WD40 to the linkage and moving
the things over the sticking point freed them. Now instead of 400rpm
only 800...

Gernot
> ----------
> From:         Joe Curry[SMTP:spitlist@gte.net]
> Reply To:     Joe Curry
> Sent:         Sunday, March 29, 1998 1:34 AM
> To:   Bob
> Cc:   triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject:      Re: More SU woes
> 
> 
> Bob,
> I have seen this (and even experienced it myself).  In my case it
> turned
> out that the needles I was using were too rich for the application.
> If
> all else is in top form, you might see what needles you have and
> consult
> Joe Curto about possibility changing to a leaner needle set.  He might
> also offer some pointers on the problem.
> 
> Regards, 
> Joe Curry
> 
> Bob wrote:
> > 
> > Last week I sent a letter about some problems trying to get my SU's
> to
> > idle below 1000rpms (TR4).  The carbs were rebuilt\rebushed
> 3000miles
> > ago by Apple Hydraulics.  I checked for vacuum leak everywhere-none.
> I
> > checked float raise and then installed Grosse jets.  I even bought
> the
> > Gunson Colour tune kit.  I adjusted the mixture to exact specs
> (bunson
> > blue). If I unscrew the throttle stops all the way, I'm still idling
> at
> > about 1000rpms.  What's going on?
> > I disconnected everything from the throttle linkage, and with
> everything
> > off the throttle blade sometimes sticks....even after WD40.  There's
> > nothing attached to make it stick????  Even when I push the blades
> all
> > the way down.....1000rpm
> > I'm Lost!!!                             Bob Mc   8-(
> 
> -- 
> "If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort."
> 
>  -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer
> 

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