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RE: Caesar the 1275 E - Diary of minor changes - GTSPhil - 01-12-2017
Did you get jets centered? Next question do you have a carb balancing tool? If not you will still suffer to get twin SU carbs setup.
RE: Caesar the 1275 E - Diary of minor changes - Vinay-RS - 01-13-2017
(01-12-2017, 08:06 AM)minitim Wrote: Keep at it Vinay. We all started somewhere and still continue to learn along the way.
(01-12-2017, 09:06 AM)Sooper Wrote: good on you for making an effort and getting this far bud, keep at it and you will get there. im so useless with mechanicals im even scared to try and thats been a huge downfall in my mini history to date and cost me dearly
Thanks Tim and Trinesh. In the end I took the carbs to Abri and in the space of a couple of minutes both the jets were centred. Sometimes it helps to ask the experts for assistance
(01-12-2017, 09:56 AM)GTSPhil Wrote: Did you get jets centered? Next question do you have a carb balancing tool? If not you will still suffer to get twin SU carbs setup.
Hi Phil, no I don't have one, but a couple of the mini guys in Cape Town have them, I think.
In other news, it is most likely that the needles in the carbs are incorrect. Which would mean I need to get the correct ones and that apparently means that the jets would need to be centred again. Yay, that's going to be fun :\
I suppose it's best to do it right or not do it at all.
RE: Caesar the 1275 E - Diary of minor changes - DomMINIque - 01-14-2017
I've failed many times Vinay and continue to do so everytime I'm outside fiddling.
It wouldn't be half as fun if we weren't learning.
RE: Caesar the 1275 E - Diary of minor changes - Vinay-RS - 01-14-2017
(01-14-2017, 04:40 PM)DomMINIque Wrote: I've failed many times Vinay and continue to do so everytime I'm outside fiddling.
It wouldn't be half as fun if we weren't learning.
Thanks Dom. Yeah, with Jared's advice, I've sanded back and I'm slowly painting the metal parts again.
So now for some pictures (since everyone likes pictures
) Firstly the sandblasted parts:
And then after a sanding down following the rubbish painting work that I did:
And lastly (for now, until I buy some fine sandpaper,) after the first fresh coat:
Now for some pictures of the carb rebuild. Shiny, new things always look good
And finally assembled
RE: Caesar the 1275 E - Diary of minor changes - Dion - 01-14-2017
Looks very good Vinay.
RE: Caesar the 1275 E - Diary of minor changes - minitim - 01-14-2017
Amazing job Vinay...now to get them on the car and sort them out.
RE: Caesar the 1275 E - Diary of minor changes - Jared Mk3 - 01-15-2017
Carbs look lovely Vinay
RE: Caesar the 1275 E - Diary of minor changes - Vinay-RS - 01-15-2017
(01-14-2017, 08:22 PM)Dion Wrote: Looks very good Vinay.
(01-14-2017, 08:34 PM)minitim Wrote: Amazing job Vinay...now to get them on the car and sort them out.
(01-15-2017, 09:59 AM)Jared Mk3 Wrote: Carbs look lovely Vinay
Thanks guys.
Got some fine sandpaper and finished spraying and putting the carbs together. Properly chuffed with the result.
![[Image: NSbSwll.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/NSbSwll.jpg)
RE: Caesar the 1275 E - Diary of minor changes - Jared Mk3 - 01-15-2017
Nice! Just need the Unipart sticker now.
RE: Caesar the 1275 E - Diary of minor changes - Vinay-RS - 01-16-2017
(01-15-2017, 09:27 PM)Jared Mk3 Wrote: Nice! Just need the Unipart sticker now.
Yeah, I've chatted to Malcolm about the possibility of making one.