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MG TD TF 1500 - SU carbsTD No 845

looking at diagrams of SU carbs I notice mine have an extra pair of holes on the inlet flange, I beleive it's to vent the vacuum chambers but workshop manuals do'nt show these holes, I have opened the air filter pipe a little to allow these to vent. The car runs well with good economy ie 35mpg I have found there are no springs in the dashpots when I tried to put springs in the car would'nt run at all. The diaphragms are alloy not brass I would value any comments. With thanks,Adrian Wells
TA WELLS

Some of the pistons, particularly on replacement carbs and parts were made of aluminum. However, if they were, there was also a steel insert to give them the weight needed. The originals were brass.

I also have carbs with extra holes adjacent to the mounting flange on the intake side. I believe these were either replacement bodies or bodies from another make of car.

Cheers,
Lew Palmer
Lew Palmer

This thread was discussed between 14/07/2005 and 15/07/2005

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