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Carburetor tuning

Posted By : Gwyneth Catterall, 21-Apr-2006, 06:58pm

Hello Dolly boys and Girls.
My Herald has a Dolomite engine with twin SU carbs. My husband is having difficulty tweaking them to my satisfaction!!
The triumph book ( I am buying him a Dolomite book for his birthday) says there is an adjustment screw on the top for idle speed and one 'underneath' for mixture. Hubby claims that there is no 'underneath' screw except one acting on the cam on the choke mechanism rod. Is this what he should use??
The car starts and runs well but splutters and backfires when pressed, changing up a gear solves this but as the revs build the popping starts again until I change up. The car can thus be driven but only sedatly. Any tips as to what this may be?? weak mixture says he but, then what does he know!!
In addition to the petrol pipes into the carbs there is another connection on each carb, there is a rbber hose caonnected to one of these connections and he cant find where to put it!! logic says onto the other carb but this seems to cause bad running and flooding. Can anyone help with this please.
I hate a man that pretends to be his wife so as to diguise his ignorance !!!
Regards
Peter Catterall (as least I have owned up!!)

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