I have had lots of TT carbs but I have just for the first time run some stuff that passes for petrol nowadays into the TT on my Grey Flash (First time? Yes I know but its along story) and its weeping ( drip drip drip from the bottom nut on the body (the one with the eye for a locking wire) tracing it back it comes from the hole in the underside of the body next to the flange, I have a vague memory that the last time it happened on some other 60's racer many years ago I lowered the matchbox float (perhaps invoking the level mark on that brass bung) and all was well.
Of course (unusually for me) I am a slave this time to the keep it original brigade, so I have a fixed float attached to the body of the TT ,whats the procedure for lowering the float?-It cant be a stack of fiber washers on top of the float union can it?
I have a slightly down draft carb (say 5 degrees) and a horizontal float chamber so thats tilted as well but I seem to recall that the angled floats are at 15 deg angles so that would tilt it back 10 degrees so I think thats not in the equation, it could also be I need to brasso the float taper but the question remains ,how do you adjust the float level on a fixed TT?
Of course (unusually for me) I am a slave this time to the keep it original brigade, so I have a fixed float attached to the body of the TT ,whats the procedure for lowering the float?-It cant be a stack of fiber washers on top of the float union can it?
I have a slightly down draft carb (say 5 degrees) and a horizontal float chamber so thats tilted as well but I seem to recall that the angled floats are at 15 deg angles so that would tilt it back 10 degrees so I think thats not in the equation, it could also be I need to brasso the float taper but the question remains ,how do you adjust the float level on a fixed TT?