I purchased the new carb balancing gauge but I ran into an unforeseen problem. My B is left hand drive (USA) and the gauge will not fit onto the carb due to the master brake cylinder. I also have the older style with the glass tube and red ball so that is my fall back. The numerical gauge would have been just ideal. My B is a 1977 and has been converted to HS-4 carburetors and I have been very happy with the performance after switching from the single Zenith Stromberg. I love your videos so keep up the good work.
I used to use the old Holts Colour tune kit back in the late '70s on my '75 Marina TC ( same engine) with the glass top spark plug; so you could see the correct colour if the combustion...Worked well...
E10 fuel finished off the floats in my HIF carbs pretty much straight away. It seemed to distort the plastic or make them swell up and catch on the inside of the float bowls. They just kept flooding and sending fuel out of the overflow tubes. Took me ages to figure out what was going on as the needle valves were working fine. Everything seemed Ok when you opened up the float bowls. Yet when I put them back together they kept overflowing. Eventually figured out it was the floats not working properly. Fitted new ones and new fuel hose throughout and all OK again. Try to use E5 as much as possible now.
@@Endfloat i was thinking thru the end of the filter intake pipes but it doesnt look like theres space enough to do that. Just to make sure its still balanced with the filters on. If they took air from a single filter than it wouldnt matter as much. Yea might be too much to do unless its a performance car in a race. It does sound real smooth after your treatment.
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Just the video I was looking for! Thanks!
You're very welcome!
Nice to see the MG again
It's a very reliable car so rarely needs garage time!
I purchased the new carb balancing gauge but I ran into an unforeseen problem. My B is left hand drive (USA) and the gauge will not fit onto the carb due to the master brake cylinder. I also have the older style with the glass tube and red ball so that is my fall back. The numerical gauge would have been just ideal. My B is a 1977 and has been converted to HS-4 carburetors and I have been very happy with the performance after switching from the single Zenith Stromberg. I love your videos so keep up the good work.
I used to use the old Holts Colour tune kit back in the late '70s on my '75 Marina TC ( same engine) with the glass top spark plug; so you could see the correct colour if the combustion...Worked well...
@@douglasgreen437 I used to have one of those until I lost it. 🙄
Very interesting and useful
Thanks!
Great video. Thanks
You're welcome!
E10 fuel finished off the floats in my HIF carbs pretty much straight away. It seemed to distort the plastic or make them swell up and catch on the inside of the float bowls. They just kept flooding and sending fuel out of the overflow tubes. Took me ages to figure out what was going on as the needle valves were working fine. Everything seemed Ok when you opened up the float bowls. Yet when I put them back together they kept overflowing. Eventually figured out it was the floats not working properly. Fitted new ones and new fuel hose throughout and all OK again. Try to use E5 as much as possible now.
Nice. I'm curious if you also need to check the airflow after you put back the filter housing ?
@@pyronitro no, any difference the filters make will be tiny. Anyway, how would you check the air flow with the filters on?
@@Endfloat i was thinking thru the end of the filter intake pipes but it doesnt look like theres space enough to do that. Just to make sure its still balanced with the filters on. If they took air from a single filter than it wouldnt matter as much. Yea might be too much to do unless its a performance car in a race. It does sound real smooth after your treatment.
Where did you get the balancing tool?
Amazon actually.
Insert pun about diet balanced with carbs
Those balance tubes are 50 years old
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