SU carbs!
hah!
I used to have a '59 Austin Healey 100-6, and I learned all about SUs. "SU", btw, stands for "Steamfitters Union", which apparently is where the design originated. With British plumbers. Rebuilt them a number of times. The slick option was to work a set of Webbers on that engine, but I didn't have the bucks or the skill.
I looked at the engine of one 1800, thought maybe those were Zenith carbs, which are somewhat similar. The SUs I know have that distinctive upside down pot for the piston.
The major electrical on my car is all new since July. Platinum plugs, new wires, rotor, rotor cap. The battery is getting long in the tooth, I could replace it. You sometimes get weird problems from computerized cars when the battery gets old. But I did have it checked a few months ago, at a battery shop on my route, and it was fine.
I guess I could get a vacuum gauge. I used a borrowed compression gauge on that old Healey to test its valves, but I don't have that piece of gear now.
Why do I work on my own car? Because I'm a stock trading mogul, otherwise I could afford to take it to the shop...
Actually I'll do whatever work on the car that I can. I like the challenge. But major stuff I'll have someone else do. I had the dealer replace the timing belt, oil and water pumps. That's more than I wanted to tackle. And I had a friend replace the struts.
That big Healey was a piece of cake to work on. Some day I'll look for a Triumph TR-3 to play with. |
