People seem to be having a few problems with there carb`s lately , and with alot of them i can see why ,
ham fisted adjustments , have a look at this for an example
I think it all went a bit wrong , never mind , its nothing i carnt sort out ,
by the way the screw above is out of the later 24t carb the earlier one had a solid end in the picture below
you can see the two screws together
the one on the left is out of a straight petrol the one on the right is out of a TVO , I had to make another one
of the one on the left because we needed one for Charlie which has just been converted back to straight petrol
have a look
I had to make a seat cutter first to sort out the seat in the carb , then make the screw to suit and any one who
is after the thread size, its 5/32 and 32TPI , so what makes people gives these adjusters so much grief
this is what Ive worked out from what i can see, No1, it goes like this where this adjuster screw goes in to the carb there is a collar with a leather seal inside petrol starts to leak out around the edge of the screw someone tightens up the seal nut
with a spanner the seal clamps the screw really tight , time passes then someone comes along to adjust it for some
reason grabs hold of the little thumb wheel finds it wont move by hand and gets a pair of grips on it and with the lack of feel the grips give windes it into the stop trashing the end , instead of undoing the nut then adjusting it ,
No2, the blokes a idiot and should not be left alone with a dead brick,
so people just undo the seal nut and save your self some trouble ,
AND NOW , from one extreme to another , one of the chaps that comes into the workshop said he had to say
a slight problem...... guess what this is
I was so impressed........ got it yet ..... another pic
still not got it
one of his half shafts , totalled ,took the end right off and the diff lived on
this is a picture of a picture he had with him , so i went to work striped out an old shaft we had on the shelf fitted
a new seal and bearing and its waiting for him to pick up
All good fun and yes it shows these old greys do still work very hard