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Curmudgeon
Curmudgeon SuperDork
7/3/11 8:00 p.m.
erohslc wrote: Beware! Just poking an allen key in and twisting the adjustment screw is likely to rotate the piston and rupture the rubber diaphragm that seals the piston to the carb body, resulting in an internal air leak that prevents you from achieving mixture Nirvana. What you *need* is the proper ZS adjustment tool, which features an outer sleeve and an inner allen key. The sleeve fits into the piston holding it steady to prevent rotation, while the allen key is used on the adjustment screw. In fact, it's possible that such damage has already taken place, visual inspection of the diaphragm is one of the first steps to take. And if the high fuel pressure is leaking past the float bowl valve, no amount of screw fiddling will fix it.

I still have my Stromberg needle tool in my 'weird crap' tool drawer. It gets strange looks.

skrzastek
skrzastek Reader
7/3/11 8:19 p.m.

If you want to flip it let me know. I have a TR6 (not for sale) that I got when I was 15, but now married with kids, I would love a Brit car to take the family around in........

LordTurbonia
LordTurbonia Reader
7/5/11 8:44 a.m.

Got quite a bit done this weekend.

Bits of fuel pump:

All back together after a liberal application of Gumout, elbow grease, and a rebuild kit:

Took apart the top half of the carbs to check them out. The diaphragms are both in great shape, springs are OK, and dashpots full of oil. Next step is to grab the correct hose fittings for the mechanical pump, get all the lines hooked up, adjust my mixture, idle, etc.and cruise the neighborhood

Karl La Follette
Karl La Follette Dork
7/5/11 9:21 a.m.

Cool deal car looks in pretty fair shape

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