SU Carburetors

SU Carburetors are very new to me. I've never dealt with them. I've heard of those that hate them and those that love them and would never change. Jury is out.

That little hole you see here is aligned such that fuel will spit directly onto the exhaust manifold if the bowl over flows, which it did, rather profusely.



The culprit is this guy right here. The pivot is worn through! This will not due! Ordered anew :)

Amazon Electrical

I received my alternator bracket in the mail the other day. I've decided to go with the GM style two wire alternator due to it's relatively inexpensive and I can find one anywhere on the planet. The "kit" comes with a wiring diagram, bracket and a list of instructions.




Pretty strait forward, Installed if a few times to make sure that the alignment was good.


With the belt aligned I hooked up the electrical. This was the last step before giving my car the first start-up in 10 months.

She started just fine. Shut down due to a fuel leak from the carburetor but she did run.