Vclaricoates Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Hi,I know very very little about my car, in fact nothing mechanical at all. I am told by my local classics garage that I need new carbs for it. They don't know where to get them from as the channels they used to go down have dried up and I use rimmer bros for most my parts I've bought so far and they are the same, no idea where to get them from and don't have any themselves. Help, it's been sat not doing a lot for a couple of months now and I hate seeing the car idle. I was sold it on the pretence it was in good working order and mechanically sound...... They saw me coming! Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloydP Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 I rebuilt my carbs a couple of weeks ago with a kit from Andrew Turner su-carbs.co.uk and they seem much improved, it wasn't difficult to do but if you didn't fancy doing them yourself a refurbed set is £325 according to his website. Only brought the kit myself but happy with the service.Cheers,Floyd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Andrew is the go-to man for carbs. But you don't say why the garage said they were worn out.They have to be pretty shagged for the car to be unusable.CheersColin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Many places sell refurb parts Bulen, Su carbs, carburetor exchangeAll good suppliers,cd150 on your mk1 are pretty basic and utopia may not be achived but simple enough to get the basics running workablehave alook at buckeye triumps site , deals with different spec carb but excellant pictorials all relevant to any CD rebiuld http://www.buckeyetriumphs.orgpete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyb Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 I see you have a set of mangel wheels same as me. Not many of them around anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royboy66 Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Whereabouts are you ? Maybe someone on here could pop round ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byakk0 Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 Looks like an early to mid '67 GT6 like mine. Good looking car. Love it.It should have CD150 carbs (nothing after 150...no E's, no S's....)http://zenithcarb.co.uk/ has a basic tuning howto.http://zenithcarb.co.uk/zencdcdsseries/?SID=vhs8cq91rak06p3fbobshcenf5&___store=zenithCan you get it to start and stay running at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vclaricoates Posted October 5, 2015 Author Share Posted October 5, 2015 Thanks for all the replies. I am based in Lincolnshire and I'm sure I was told that they had strombergs in and that su's it slightly too high under the bonnet???The car will run but it's just not pretty, it will cut on on occasion but once it's been running a while it's usually not too bad,Thanks all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dzmarc Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Quoted from Vclaricoates Thanks for all the replies. I am based in Lincolnshire and I'm sure I was told that they had strombergs in and that su's it slightly too high under the bonnet???The car will run but it's just not pretty, it will cut on on occasion but once it's been running a while it's usually not too bad,Thanks all Sounds to me like they just need a good service and tune. Should not be to bad, and if in doubt Andrew Turner carbs is only in Grantham so not to much of a trip I would assume from Lincolnshire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rallyspit Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Shed 1969 has posted a set of CD150 carbs for sale on the "under £500" section of the forum which sound like a good deal and could be the answer to your problems.No connection etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paudman Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 You can replace the diaphragms quite easily, not a difficult job even for a beginner and it may work wonders on your running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timireson Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 i'd never touched a carb before I rebuilt mine, got a rebuild kit from Andrew turner as advised above. Spent a lot of time cleaning, its amazing the dirt you get of something that looks clean to start with. and rebuild in reverse. lots of pics along the way helps as does only do one carb at a time. can always get someone to rebuild later if you mess it up, but what you learn, and the satifcation you get when it works is immense! I did the same for the engine but I did have someone watching me for that one. good luck and have a go. tim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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