Rootes1725cc

Ok, when I got the car it came with a weber carb on it which to be honest had more flat spots than the head of a bolt and no choke and various other faults which I tried and failed to cure (namely air speed screw didnt do anything and the original air box wouldnt fit on it)

so I trial refitted the original carb which is a SOLEX Paias32b twin choke and found it was leaking like a sieve due to the float cover being distorted, a few phone calls later reveals its not something you can buy so its a fix it or bin it situation.

Cue trip to halfords and a dig in the attic for a piece of glass which is the flattest thing I think I have in the house..

so started with 800 grit paper on the glass with plenty of soap and cirlcing motions , ran out of 800 so went up to the other paper inthe kit which was 1200. After about 1/2 an hour (yes it was really badly distorted f you held it onthe glass you could see light through the edge) I did a trial markup to see how bad it was

Coloured the edge in with a permanent marker



then gave it a quick swirl on nearly dry wetndry


yep still a few low spots like between the ports and at the bottom of the carb so back on the 1200 for another few minutes

did another colour in and after a quick swirl it now looks like this


will refit it in a bitand see if im walking to work tomorrow lol

Nice to see a bit of positive thinking in using a piece of glass as a base for getting a warped housing flat again.
That is probably one of the best mediums to use and can be used as a flat edge to check how much it's out of true.

well mate..
shes good and fuel tight...
just need to sort the dizzy now as i can hear it clicking intermittently when shes running and the idle is erratic
that and the headgasket..
oh and the vibration form the drivetrain somewhere
and the corrosion in the windscreen gutter
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.ill get there...