mrtask
Well-Known Member
At the weekend the drivers side carb started to piss fuel from the overflow pipe. Tapping the carb with the handle of a screwdriver didn't do any good. The car ran very poorly, presumably on only one carb. After much rumination, I have opted to remove both carbs and send them away for a total refurbishment. I will have to wait at least three weeks before I get them back. They'll be getting cleaned with ultrasound, the steel bits'n'bobs all re-plated, the dashpots polished, the butterflies re-bushed, and all new innards installed. I'll post pics when I get 'em back.
In the meantime I think I will refurbish my flaking valve covers, from which the paint is lifting and cracking away, probably 'cos the guy who painted 'em for me didn't use any primer of any sort. Has anybody on here used VHT wrinkle finish paint? Did it work? Does it look good? Surely red wrinkle finish a la Ferrari is worth a few more horsepowers!?!? Or is that too gaudy? How about black, like on the MGB V8s? I'll take a poll – send in your views!
Can anybody tell me what size are the nuts to hold the carbs to the studs on the intake manifold, and where i can get shiny stainless steel ones?
Typically, my workshop manual and parts handbook are nowhere to be found, without shifting lots of boxes and grubbing through them...
In the meantime I think I will refurbish my flaking valve covers, from which the paint is lifting and cracking away, probably 'cos the guy who painted 'em for me didn't use any primer of any sort. Has anybody on here used VHT wrinkle finish paint? Did it work? Does it look good? Surely red wrinkle finish a la Ferrari is worth a few more horsepowers!?!? Or is that too gaudy? How about black, like on the MGB V8s? I'll take a poll – send in your views!
Can anybody tell me what size are the nuts to hold the carbs to the studs on the intake manifold, and where i can get shiny stainless steel ones?
Typically, my workshop manual and parts handbook are nowhere to be found, without shifting lots of boxes and grubbing through them...