The Triumph 2000 / 2500 / 2·5 Register Forum

Indeed, the occasion merited and got champagne, it could have been a lot worse with a car stood for 20 years!

Will try tweaking / tapping the injectors.

It lives! It lives! Started on the button!

Two dribbly injectors, four with a good cone of spray.

So pleased. Thanks for all your help!

Leaky oil filter housing but maybe I left the old seal in as well as the new…in all the excitement…

Thanks Alec - I was not thinking straight.

Doh! I forgot the drive dog is at 90 degrees to the slot. What a muppet. That would seem to align a bit better.

The dizzy does seem to be at Number one at TDC…

Tomorrow may be the day we have lift-off….or not!

Now I’m really lost as the Haynes manual seems to say I should put pinion drive in so that the slot is vertical? How can that ever align with the metering unit?

I assume I should buy new o-rings for the oil seals etc?

Soooo, metering unit reassembled and all moves smoothly. New diaphragm was a pig to get on to the little disk it fits to, but I managed to get it on and appears to seal.

New dilemma though, when metering unit drive aligned with marks, and number 6 hole just appearing, I seem to be diagonally ...

Thanks Mike, will look into this.

Does anyone know if I absolutely need the special Lucas tools to re-fit new sleeves and sealing rings? Or can I improvise something to push them in?

Thank you!

I owe some beers. Overnight soak in petrol and some gentle taps with hammer and I now have a rotor that spins like its on a cushion of air! Thank you Binny.

Alec - I found the Lucas manual online - what a great document. I think I’m on the home straight!

Nice clean up in white spirit, get it all ...

Thanks for that, I’ll have another go at gently freeing it up. Not keen to spend ££’s if I can manage with a seal kit!

Thanks to you all for the advice, at least I have found the issue now. I think I’ll be buying a reconditioned metering unit, there is just too much going on with this one.
Even if I can un-gum the core (and it looks seized quite solidly) I can’t see any notice that will tell me which way round the ...