Reply To: Zenith 24T2

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When I have recovered carb’s that have been left outside for years, found the opposite affect to expansion on the float. Some have crumpled due to the action of contraction in extreme cold. Put one into a cup of boiled water to see if it would recover its shape, but bubbles came out instead.

The ultrasonic cleaning did improve the Zenith’s performance at tickover on the Jap 5, but it was not perfect. After looking at the sectional drawing of the carb, I just get a feeling that some of the blind passageways still have a partial blockage due to corrosion deposits leaving an uneven surface.

Finished scuffling with the diamond feet yesterday using the new Jap 6 Trusty, it went like a dream. Raining this morning, so am sorting out a shed to fit it in. Will not need it now until the December ploughing. Now have a reserve gear can back it in, can even move it around on a hard surface because of the rubber tyres. Its a different world to the old steel wheeled Jap 5 Trusty. Used to leave that outside all year under a steel bath, just like most of the Trusty’s were kept around the Vale of Evesham. Gong to dig out the Davis toolbar this morning to use as a counterweight on the Trusty. Wonder if anyone had heard of one and know what it is.