That awful colour MGB GT

panhard65 · Post by **panhard65** » Mon Oct 11, 2021 1:02 pm

Ahhh the joys of British Leyland. There again this fucking Mercedes I have here is not covering itself in glory. I wonder if I can find an SU carb to fit it as the Pierburg copy of a Stromburg they had from new is total shit. No one will recondition it either, probably due to the extra electrics fitted that are all no longer available.

Eddie Honda · Post by **Eddie Honda** » Mon Oct 11, 2021 1:14 pm

panhard65 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 11, 2021 1:02 pm Ahhh the joys of British Leyland.

I wonder if I can find an SU carb to fit it

The irony...

Post by **Hooli** » Mon Oct 11, 2021 2:03 pm

SiC wrote: ↑Mon Oct 11, 2021 12:47 pm
Hooli wrote: ↑Mon Oct 11, 2021 12:34 pm Check your mixture screws? Different SUs I think, but my old Midget always used to go lean on the rear carb & rich on the front due to vibration.
Good shout. They do have locking nuts but (hopefully Panhard65 isn't watching me admit this), these old lumps aren't exactly the smoothest of running engines in the world.

I set it up with a colourtune last and set them on the slightly rich side deliberately.

Also possibly of note is that after a high speed run and giving the engine a good spanking, the idle revs increase by a good 200rpm. Sat in traffic idling will bring them back down to around 850rpm eventually.

If I was quicker thinking, I'd have pulled the choke when it started playing up.

My Midget always did that with the idle too, must be a SU thing. I never worked out why.

DodgeRover · Post by **DodgeRover** » Mon Oct 11, 2021 2:59 pm

SiC has this got a solid state fuel pump fitted? Those plugs look ok to me but as had been said modern fuel burns differently. Could it have got some water absorbed by the fuel while it was parked up and a blob is floating about in the carbs?

SiC · Post by **SiC** » Mon Oct 11, 2021 4:04 pm

DodgeRover wrote: ↑Mon Oct 11, 2021 2:59 pm SiC has this got a solid state fuel pump fitted? Those plugs look ok to me but as had been said modern fuel burns differently. Could it have got some water absorbed by the fuel while it was parked up and a blob is floating about in the carbs?

Yes a hardi pump.

Carbs are HIF4 so bit of a pain to get to the float chambers. I've not let the tank run down that low though, so shouldn't have sucked anything up. Also been mostly using Esso Super (so 0% ethanol), so shouldn't have absorbed anything either.

captain_70s · Post by **captain_70s** » Mon Oct 11, 2021 4:34 pm

The carbs on my 1850 used to unbalance for fun as well. No amount of locking nut can combat the rattle of a BLMC engine.

Post by **paulplom** » Mon Oct 11, 2021 4:43 pm

Sack it off and buy something more reliable with fuel injection. Something like a pug 107. Jap engine with no frills.
In fact I'll do you a swap if you like..

SiC · Post by **SiC** » Mon Oct 11, 2021 4:55 pm

Just remembered after looking at the carbs, the mixture screw has no locking nut as it's a HIF4. Idle speed don't either, just a spring to keep tension. Out in it atm and definitely feels a bit down on power. I'll check the balance and mixtures once back home.

SiC · Post by **SiC** » Mon Oct 11, 2021 5:45 pm

paulplom wrote: ↑Mon Oct 11, 2021 4:43 pm Sack it off and buy something more reliable with fuel injection. Something like a pug 107. Jap engine with no frills.
In fact I'll do you a swap if you like..

Swap ... With one of my bikes?

Post by **paulplom** » Mon Oct 11, 2021 5:52 pm

Pedal power would be quicker I'd imagine.

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