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  1. Minidave

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    #72 Minidave, Nov 1, 2014
    Didja get her going?

    If you just want to fire it up, you could pull the tops off the float chambers and fill them with gas, it will start and run for a few moments before it empties the float bowls again......

    Assuming no gas is the problem, of course....
     
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    #75 ImagoX, Nov 3, 2014
    I found this - is this what you mean, I assume?

    UNI-SYN (Edelbrock) Carburetor Balancing Tool

    Not sure how it works though: the operating instructions say to "disconnect the throttle from all carbs except one" for the test, but my setup has only a SINGLE throttle linkage connected to a bridge that operates both throttle bodies simultaneously. Do you/can you use that tool in a setup like mine? I'm also not sure how to "adjust the idle screws to factory settings" since, well, there don't seem to be any stock settings for a setup like mine (that I can find in the Haynes book, anyway).

    Thanks!
     
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    #76 CHKMINI, Nov 3, 2014


    Matt, I'll look around and see if I still have one. When I worked at an MG dealer in the early 70's I used it everyday to adjust SU's.
     
  4. Minidave

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    #81 Minidave, Nov 8, 2014
    Congrats!
     
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    #82 agranger, Nov 10, 2014
    Excellent news! And she stops too. Congrats!
     
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    #85 Crashton, Nov 19, 2014
    Now that your Mini is soon to be mechanically fit you'll have time to attack the tin worms.
     
  7. ImagoX

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    #86 ImagoX, Nov 19, 2014
    Didn't even know about the Mini56... thanks for the heads-up. I actually put a MiniFini hitch setup on my R52 so I can tow to events like that now. :)

    The carbs weren't dropped (at least, *I* didn't), so hopefully the polish will work. Whoever rebuilt them also apparently used slightly too-long mounting bolts, which fouled the top domes, which may be contributing to the issue. NOT impressed with the (re)build quality. :prrr:

    Re: tin worm... Yeah that's the next thing to do - door skins and sills need cut away and totally replaced. One day.
     
  8. Minidave

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    #87 Minidave, Nov 19, 2014
    I would love to see the classic side of that hitch, how it attaches to the car and so on - I'm thinking of building one for Buzz for the same reason.
     
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    #89 Minidave, Nov 19, 2014
    Oh, I thought you towed it 4 down, that's what I was wanting to do..I'll have to contact Paul - I think I still have his email addy.
     
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    #90 ImagoX, Nov 20, 2014
    So, apparently it was the too-long mounting bolts. One of them was fouled against the dash pot and had distorted it a tiny amount, enough to keep the piston from moving freely. Still waiting to see if it can be corrected, or if new part(s) will be required. Oi...

    --M
     
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    #92 ImagoX, Nov 21, 2014
    I'm going to close this thread as I'm declaring the "service project" officially DONE. That's the good news.

    The bad... or at least less-then-good... news is that there's still a lot to do, both in the interior as well as with the carbs. My mechanic completed the timing and balanced the carbs, but there are still obvious mixture issues that need to be addressed that will probably have to wait till warmer weather. I'll start a new "tuning" thread to ask specific questions since this one has become something of an epic, Russian tragedy novel. :)

    Thanks again to everyone who offered help, advice, and support through all this - hope people found it useful (or at least entertaining).

    --M
     
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