MK 1 FCR - no choke

i've had the misfortune to have to buy a new amal years ago for m,y old triumph 5TA. it had no choke system so having asked i was told to learn to tickle the carb.

so i drilled a hole down towards the float. in the amal's case it was a single arm that did both floats. i put a simple pin with a mushroomed head on it and a spring under the mushroom that pressed from the carb body upwards.

stopping the pin shooting out but inside the float chamber was a simple clip like the ones used for the carb needle. all you did was hold the 'tickler' down for 2-3 seconds and this opened the float valve. the float chamber got over rich and the bike started first time.

the reason i say this is because the Mk 1 has a brass tube that is treated as a breather and the angle is EVERYTHING YOU NEED.

all you have to do for a first try is to press the float down with an appropriate tool.

can't recall if the floats are independent though?

regards

Taffy

i guess i just got too clever by half here did i?

regards

taffy

well i went riding with arkley about 3 weeks ago (at easter) and i was using 60% of his fuel he does have a dell orto though. fact is, if you want good MPG you need to turn the apj off.

as for why they sold them like that? i would take a REAL stab in the dark here and say that they were made to be in banks of 4 and only one carb was ever made for choke out of the 4. a real guess but bullshooting prolly.

regards

Taffy