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  • paulh412 August 2026

    Thanks for the feedback, good to hear

  • Malc Gilliver12 August 2026

    Les,

    I used to work at SU - although I did oil pumps, not carbs !

    I do have some of the original Su Carb setup instructions as a PDF.

    Can email them - firstname at secondname dot com

    Malc


    There is a Des Hamill book - about tuning carbs, but tbh the more I read the more it is likely to be the basics.

    1 - take the float chamber tops off and...

  • anamnesis12 August 2026

    Is that a shark?

    No it's Tina the terrified Tuna.

    https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16041077/Some-fin-isnt-quite-right-Panicked-swimmers-race-escape-shark-Marbella-beach-tuna.html

  • Les Robinson12 August 2026

    Spoke to Peter Burgess, the soonest he can fit me in is 5th October!
    So will go back to Bury next week and see how it goes.
    Then if any further problems will book in with Peter.
    Off to Mathewsons live in Harrogate next Friday so ideally wanted it done for then. But as it is will still get me there and back.

  • David Billington12 August 2026

    It was mentioned on BBC Countryfile IIRC a few years ago that there used to be commercial fishing of tuna in the North Sea, Blue Fin ? , in the early to mid 20th century until over fishing of their prey species led to their decline.

  • Christopher Couper12 August 2026

    It's been decades but I believe I use a couple of C-clamps. Hope that translates OK. I used some small wood blocks between the clamp and plate and then tightened a bit on each one, moving it down a bit at a time.

  • William Revit12 August 2026

    Les, have you tried checking the idle mixture using the lift pins. If that's ok then it's most likely a carb balance issue at slight throttle, you could check that the throttle linkage is opening both the throttles at exactly the same time- that's adjustable in the linkages but make sure both idles are matched before adjusting the linkage---It sounds like it's something they've done, adjusted, st...

  • William Revit12 August 2026

    Yellow fin tuna -Grey, they're a decent sized fish, he would have had some fun winding that in. Your water must be warm there at the moment. We only get them through summer here after the water has warmed up a bit and they tend to be out off shore a bit where the warmer coastal water meets the deepwater, must be some feed in that area that they like where the waters meet.

  • Les Robinson11 August 2026

    Not tried that

  • W_Mueller11 August 2026

    The shift lever's retaining ring has popped off. The spring is very strong, and I’m not strong enough to press it down along with the retaining plate. Even with a helper and two pairs of pipe pliers, we didn't succeed.

    How did you manage it? Or is the spring simply too strong?

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