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It's not a mechanical anyway, but can't see any ID marks on it anywhere. I pulled the pipe off the carb and the flow seems pretty piddly to me - but then I'm not sure what it should look like yet. I've asked my local garage to have a look as I've been a bit snowed under at work, interesting to see w...

Just checked and they're SU HIF6's (part no AUD521 L and R) which is good in that it's what it should have as a P6 engine so I haven't been fibbed to at least! Haven't had the chance to test the fuel pump properly, but I notice that the inline fuel filter that's installed looks pretty filthy from th...

Thanks Gary - haven't tried taking them apart just yet (been working away) but the diagrams I can find of SU carbs don't seem to show a rubber diaphragm there (although Strombergs do) ... I'm going to go out and have a better look tomorrow though so will hope it's that easy a fix!

Odd thing is that letting off the gas or putting the clutch in seems to fix it, but as soon as you put the load back on it sputters again. Never actually dies, but sounds like chitty-chitty-bang-bang without the backfiring. And once it's started doing it, slowing down a bit, or even a lot, doesn't h...

Thanks Ian - good suggestion I'll have a look. I should probably explain it a bit better as well, that was hardly descriptive! Might see if I can get a video of it happening! Only intermittent, it's not a guaranteed 'get to 50ish and this will happen' - we did a 250 mile trip collecting it and it di...

Good morning everyone :) Just found this forum, what a great resource! I've recently bought 'Big Red', a 1968 Land Rover Series 2a long wheelbase, with a Rover V8 in it. No doubt lots of work ahead, but it's basically my dream vehicle, in great shape for a 50 year old workhorse, and maybe the most b...