went out in the stag to a friends garage today to pick the mrs up as she dropped off her car for a repair, as a joke i said to him,oi do me a favour and plug the snap on machine into my car and see if there are any faults showing, not seeing the car for a while he walked over to it and said pop the bonnet up, so i did, started it up, he revved it from the carbs and looked at me, he said how is it running, i said fine ive done a couple of hundred miles in it over the last month, he then pointed out that one of my ball sockets that link the 2 carbs had snapped so i was only driving on 4 cylinders, so on start up i had 2 carbs working but when driving i was only using 1 carb AND i never even noticed, i did think i was doing well getting 60 miles to £10.00 of petrol [ better than both my bmws ] so off i went to a triumph dealer in plumstead southeast london to get the ball socket, gets back home to fit itand its too big, rang the shop and they told me its the only size one they have and use,
does anybody know where i can get a smaller size ball socket for the carbs or has anybody close ish to me got one spare i can buy.
p.s. not looking foward to putting petrol in it after this is fixed lol.
does anybody know where i can get a smaller size ball socket for the carbs or has anybody close ish to me got one spare i can buy.
p.s. not looking foward to putting petrol in it after this is fixed lol.
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