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Thanks for the feedback, good to hear

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...

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

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

Not tried that

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?