Zenith Stromberg adjusting tool

[elsberry]

If this is an alternate part, what's it from? I've never seen one on a TR7. Wonder if it's scavenged from another ZS carb from another car perhaps? The ZS carb was used on more that the TR7 of course, so I wonder if the carbs came from another car?

Dave

1980 TR7 DHC
1974 Jaguar XKE - Sold!
1994 Jaguar XJ12


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[ColoradoTR8]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by DNK</i>

Shawn, Thought there was no mechanical on an 8. Did any of the early 7's have a side mounted mechanical?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

The carbed cars did.

<b><i>Shawn</i></b>

[Last TR]

I got two sets of 1 3/4" ZS carbs with my '73 TR6. One set (I believe from a '69) was adjustable with the tool that Andy has; the later set was not adjustable, apparently in the belief that it would keep folks from fiddling with them and making more smog. I haven't attacked the carbs on my TR8 yet, but it does seem to run a little rich.

Ken
Anchorage, Alaska

1980 TR8, 1973 TR6, 1965 Volvo PV544, 1958 MGA, Jeep Cherokees

[elsberry]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Last TR</i>

I got two sets of 1 3/4" ZS carbs with my '73 TR6. One set (I believe from a '69) was adjustable with the tool that Andy has; the later set was not adjustable, apparently in the belief that it would keep folks from fiddling with them and making more smog. I haven't attacked the carbs on my TR8 yet, but it does seem to run a little rich.

Ken
Anchorage, Alaska

1980 TR8, 1973 TR6, 1965 Volvo PV544, 1958 MGA, Jeep Cherokees
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I wonder if those were the 'tamper proof' carbs that I've read about but never seen..

Dave

1980 TR7 DHC
1974 Jaguar XKE - Sold!
1994 Jaguar XJ12


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[Last TR]

Yep. Mine are in a box.

Ken
Anchorage, Alaska

1980 TR8, 1973 TR6, 1965 Volvo PV544, 1958 MGA, Jeep Cherokees

[REPLIC8]

Got the new tool in the post today. Works great. Put the original needles back in & set them both about halfway as a starting point. Car ran better than ever before. At last it's not spitting loads of black crap out of the exhausts! [:)]
When I go for the MOT I'll take the tool & adjust it properly while it's on the emissions machine.

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Andy
1981 UK SPEC TR8

[Last TR]

So there is a new version of the tool since I bought mine. Nothing is really tamperproof for long!

Ken
Anchorage, Alaska

1980 TR8, 1973 TR6, 1965 Volvo PV544, 1958 MGA, Jeep Cherokees