Getting Gwen the Mini to Run.

And in a startling turn of events the carb has been refurbished.
The rebuild kit seems to cover several variants as I have plenty of parts left over.
Most of these excess items bear no resemblance to any part I have removed from the carb in the process or form part of the carb as it was as I took it off the car.
Not only have parts been renewed, a full clean up of all surfaces (inside & out) has happened.
I might even buff up the outside with some polish and a buffing wheel.

DanClarke said:

And in a startling turn of events the carb has been refurbished.
The rebuild kit seems to cover several variants as I have plenty of parts left over.
Most of these excess items bear no resemblance to any part I have removed from the carb in the process or form part of the carb as it was as I took it off the car.
Not only have parts been renewed, a full clean up of all surfaces (inside & out) has happened.
I might even buff up the outside with some polish and a buffing wheel.

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Lovely job, well done.


($64,000 question. Did the kit include a new jet? )

Anyway. Let's hope that putting it all back on with new gaskets and the nuts tightened up properly you get a much smoother tick-over. And, by some miracle, the smell of petrol has gone!

DanClarke said:

And in a startling turn of events the carb has been refurbished.
The rebuild kit seems to cover several variants as I have plenty of parts left over.
Most of these excess items bear no resemblance to any part I have removed from the carb in the process or form part of the carb as it was as I took it off the car.
Not only have parts been renewed, a full clean up of all surfaces (inside & out) has happened.
I might even buff up the outside with some polish and a buffing wheel.

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Have you got a straight edge you can test the flatness of that flange with, and the flange on the manifold? Nuts need to be tight, but not monkey tight, or the aluminium can distort. ( but you know that)