<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I have had a couple of TCs and I always thought the bigger carbs were there to stop you leaving the choke on for more than the briefest period.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I found it a great carbie setup for fouling plugs, if choke was left on a millisecond or two over the required period.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I miss my last TC. Sold it in a fit of pique with the world and a fancy idea that what I really needed was an e-bike.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Within months I developed an inflammatory arthritis and now have a barely used e-bike and several P3s I can’t drive.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Recently bought a P5B saloon and once well enough, hope to get it on the road. Power steering and automatic gearboxes are my future.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers Gianni</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Everton Upper (the one in Australia)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Trek e-bike (like new)</div><div class="">P3 4-light restored.</div><div class="">P3 6-light x 3 in various states of disrepair.</div><div class="">P5B saloon needing TLC for registration and use.</div><div class=""><div class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></span></div></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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<div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 7 Oct 2024, at 7:55 am, Tom Rymes via Rovernet <<a href="mailto:rovernet@rovernet.org" class="">rovernet@rovernet.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On Oct 6, 2024, at 12:58 PM, Vern Inkspot via Rovernet <<a href="mailto:rovernet@rovernet.org" class="">rovernet@rovernet.org</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class="">A “proper” HD8 has an actual idle circuit which was removed for the P6 application.<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">Interesting, Vern! Does the Rover instead rely on propping the throttle open slightly, like the HS carbs on an MGB (and presumably the HS8 on the later 2000TCs)?<br class=""><br class="">I once had a 3-Litre P5 that I couldn’t figure out how to tune properly, as it would just refuse to run on the idle circuit. I eventually removed it and found a gasket that did not have a hole for the idle circuit, thus blocking it completely. Perhaps that gasket was meant for a P6?<br class=""><br class="">Tom<br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Rovernet mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Rovernet@rovernet.org" class="">Rovernet@rovernet.org</a><br class=""><a href="http://rovernet.org/mailman/listinfo/rovernet_rovernet.org" class="">http://rovernet.org/mailman/listinfo/rovernet_rovernet.org</a><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></body></html>