I’ve stripped, cleaned and rejected many Mikuni and KeiHin cabs over the years, but your Amal Monoblock looks so basic and well designed and very easy to work on! Caveat…using non-metric spanners of course! Thanks Simon, great video! 🏍️😎👍🇿🇦🍺
Yes Richard. The old Amal carbs are just so beautifully simple. I'm fortunate to have learned how carburettors work from working on such like - I don't think I would understand them if I'd started on some of the more complex modern models.
Just a little heads up on that plastic filter. The use of 'E' (ethanol) fuels and especially when its 'E10' will cause plastic and rubber parts to deteriorate and distort and that one has suffered. This will cause the classic bike and car sector a lot of issues. We had the same issue on Scania trucks when people started to us Bio Diesel and the fuel attacked all the nylon parts in the system especially the fuel pickup filter in the tank which just shrank and stopped the trucks!. Scania (and the others) had to produce all the parts out of a resistant plastic.
Excellent video! Do you have any videos on jetting and altitude? I just bought a Greeves. It's idling a little high and the engine has run away on the maiden voyage. I know it came from about a 4000 foot difference.
