Re: [T3] Carb Problems

["Steven Cooper" <steven.cooper@optusnet.com.au>]

<x-flowed>I've just rebuilt the carbs with new gaskets. Thoroughly cleaned out, twice. 
As far as I know I used the correct, thicker, gaskets.  If anybody knows 
where I can buy the correct gaskets, please let me know.  How thick should 
the gaskets be?  I did have alot of drama with trying to stop the cabs from 
flooding.  Fuel would just pour our of the main tube (whatever its' proper 
name is) and the engine would stall.  As I had given the fuel pump pedestal 
a light sand to true it up, I thought the pressure may now be too high, so I 
fitted a slightly thicker gasket to compensate.  I did measure the pressure 
at one stage, it was a bit over 3PSI.  I'm sure one of the manuals said 3PSI 
was correct.

All hoses are new, so no cracks. Maybe to carbs themselves are leaking 
through the shafts or between the manifold?

Synchronised with a unisyn (the snail shaped thing).  Followed the procedure 
given in a couple of manuals ie set initial positions of idle adjustment and 
idle mixture screws X turns in, then Y turns out.  When car is warmed up, 
set idle speed by turning each sides adjustment screw in turn.  Use synch 
tool to balance two carbs.  Adjust mixture by turing in and out to achieve 
highest most steady idle.  My Bentley has nothing on carbs, only FI, so I'm 
counting on a couple of other manuals, plus a procedure I downloaded from a 
list members site (sorry don't remeber who).

Steven Cooper
Australia
72 AT FB Vert 


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