I have a stromberg CD carburettor off an old 2.6 landrover. It is now on different engine and so i am after a different needle for it. Does anyone know where to get the metering needles from?
I have been considering just getting another needle the same and giving it a polish to correct the mixture in certain spots. But i was thinking maybe a range rover needle may be closer to what i was after. So does anyone know what the needle number was for a range rover with the pre emissions carb (its got the adjustable jet in the bottom). I have some tables of the needle profiles so then , hopefully, i would be able to compare it to what i have.

Cheers,
Dan.

I have 2 here, 1 spare and 1 on my 2.6 I swaped over the needle, diaphram part of it because the diaphram on the one in the car was crap. Big mistake, it was adjusted differently and overfuelled massively!

The needles side by side seem to have different profiles as well, but one could just be worn. But different ones must be available.

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Hello Phoenix,
I know there is different needles, i have a list of them. So there is a good chance you have two different ones. The one i have here has the number written up on the shank. The number is 4J. If you have them out you can see if they have the same number.
My trouble is that i have a listing of the needles but no idea what they were used in. Let alone where to get them in australia. I believe you can get them in england. I was thinking i would most likely be able to get range rover ones but was hopeing to get a number so i could look up and see the profile first.

Cheers
Dan.

G`day Dan ,

8.25:1 engine is 1971-6 use CD2S carbs which will be the second engine type .

Needles in bottom adjustment carbs are 2AQ non emmission ( and B1DF with emmission ) also in the 8.13:engines next engine with bottom adjust 1.E.L . non emmission .

Cheers

See if this old document I scanned is of any help:

http://p38arover.com/misc_files/Tuni...g_CD_Carbs.pdf

Look at the back of the book.

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1995 P38A Range Rover HSE 4.6 V8 Auto; 1968 LR Series IIA trayback (Holden 202); Yamaha XJR1300, Suzuki DL650 V-Strom



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Ron,
The link doesn't appear to be working.
Dan.

copy and paste the link, it should work then, did for me

http://p38arover.com/misc_files/Tuni...g_CD_Carbs.pdf

Oh, and i've fixed the link in ron's post.

And thanks Ron, that's precisely what I needed!!!

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1994 Discovery TDi
1961, Series 2 Ambulance. 108-098 - Eden
1981, Series 3 FFR. 33-727 - Grover - Gone, but not forgotten

Registry of Ex Military Land Rovers Mem. 129
Defence Transport Heritage Tasmania Mem. 12

You know, strictly speaking, throttling the staff is my job

Thanks Richard. I couldn't fix it as FireFox was playing up. I couldn't even get IE to work. I had to reboot and by the time that was done, you'd fixed it.

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Ron B.

1995 P38A Range Rover HSE 4.6 V8 Auto; 1968 LR Series IIA trayback (Holden 202); Yamaha XJR1300, Suzuki DL650 V-Strom



RIP Bucko - Riding on Forever

I get my needles from Home | Midel Australia hope this helps

That's who I was trying to think of. I had Fabre on my brain.

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Ron B.

1995 P38A Range Rover HSE 4.6 V8 Auto; 1968 LR Series IIA trayback (Holden 202); Yamaha XJR1300, Suzuki DL650 V-Strom



RIP Bucko - Riding on Forever