Elle’s 1960 FB 225 mild custom

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Re: Elle’s 1960 FB 225 mild custom

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It is a circular metal disc Phil. Possibly a coin but could be from factory. These are available new without choke.


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Apparently there is a fibre sheet piece which sits there and slides as the rod moves, limiting unfiltered air ingress.


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I’ll be buggered…..Image


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Glad it tapped out.

Invest the 10c in a little piece of gasket sheet :lol:

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I dripped a bit of solvent in the hole and pulled them out with my teeny multi grips. Made a plate from 1mm ally.Image


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Errol62 wrote: Wed Dec 18, 2024 5:10 pm I’ll be buggered….
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Ah ha I thought so!...I think I've got a few Holley 350 parts carbys if needs be? :thumbsup:
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Re: Elle’s 1960 FB 225 mild custom

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Thanks for the kind offer Phil. Choke is installed and appears to be working well, although the temperature here is in the low thirties today anyway. Harv kindly supplied all the necessary parts, though I had to straighten the lever arm which was offset to the sheath mount. The arm is possibly meant for use with the sheath mount that hangs off the side of the dash pot thingy that this carb doesn’t have.

I still need to have another look underneath and make sure everything is kosher for the wallopers in January, as well as check the toe in and re-centre the steering wheel after my previous shenanigans taking the drag link off. Too hot to do any more today, for a man of leisure such as myself anyway.


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And I ran over my tesbump again at moderate pace, and the exhaust didn’t hit. I still had my trolley jack in the boot last time so it may have been the handle hitting inside the boot.


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Re: Elle’s 1960 FB 225 mild custom

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A man of leisure, welcome to the club.
More tinkering time me thinks. :lol: :lol:
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