[ROVERNET - UK] SU needle valve interchange MGC and P6 2000TC

[Slatskars]

I believe that the float needles are hinged in HD type, but the floats are 
free floating.

Slats
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Netspace" <vmitps at netspace.net.au>
To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 4:08 AM
Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] SU needle valve interchange MGC and P6 2000TC


> 69 TCs had HS8
> Early TCs had HD8, like my 68.  The floats are hinged though.
>
> PVS
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Slatskars" <slatskars at comcast.net>
> To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 4:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] SU needle valve interchange MGC and P6 2000TC
>
>
>> Nathan,
>>
>> I am thinking that you have "H" or "HD" type SU's rather than "HS" type. 
>> The "H's" and "HD's" are the only ones with a free floating float. The 
>> float needles should be the same no matter what the size. You really do 
>> need to determine what type of carburetors that you do have. I have 
>> vehicles with all four types of SU's and know them reasonably well.
>>
>> A single HD-8 is used on 3 liter P-5's. Some models of Jaguar use dual 
>> HD-8's. A good source of information would be Moss motors as they stock 
>> parts for Jaguars also. I personally have had good luck with gross jets. 
>> I had a brand new set of H-4's that one of them would flood. I cleaned 
>> and checked the float needle everyway possible, but could not get it to 
>> function properly. Changed them over to Gross Jets and the problem went 
>> away. The car never ran smoother.
>>
>> Slats
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Nathan Obuch" <nathanobuch at yahoo.com>
>> To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
>> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 6:40 PM
>> Subject: [ROVERNET - UK] SU needle valve interchange MGC and P6 2000TC
>>
>>
>>> Greetings, Rovernetters,
>>>
>>> I have a '69 TC with HS8 carbs (AUD254.) I am having
>>> trouble with my float bowls overflowing...the floats
>>> haven't sunk, so I'm pretty sure I need new needle
>>> valves. I noticed that the MGC also uses HS8's, so I
>>> was just thinking of ordering needle valves from
>>> Victoria British. I also noticed that in the
>>> illustration for the MGC, the floats are hinged to the
>>> float bowl lids, where as on my Rover, the floats are
>>> free floating- so I'm concerned that the needle valves
>>> might be different.
>>>
>>> Does anyone have a definitive answer?
>>>
>>> Nathan
>>>
>>>
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