AMAL 276

Restoration of the Amal 276 Carb. The pictures below shows the state it was in when I started renovating - I got the Carb from Henrik Larsen:

Not a pretty sight, but that the fun part - to bring this Carb. to a worthy condition.

The Carb. was first washed with a toothbrush in ordinary soap water. Then I started to remove the old paint with fine steel-wool in soap water (only to the outside).
After some time with this., I managed to get it to look like the pictures below: 

 (Now I can actually see the type number - 276 FW/1B )

The external parts are now close to ready (needs some polish) - This is the result:

None of the internals are checked, and I quickly identify that the slide is extremely worn (can move slightly sideways in Carb.) This is fixed by getting a replacement slide. This does not fit - so the slide have to be carefully sanded to fit. 

To get most control over the sanding speed, I use some 220-paper to make it slide with force, and then I switch to a 512-paper to adjust. You can se where to sand, if you take a permanent marker and color some parts of the slide, and then slide it in and out of the main body of the Carb. This way the marker will be removed where the slide hits the Carburetor wall.  

(The paper types)

(The old and the new slide)

(The the effect of the marker can be seen here).

(The Slide is now a perfect fit).

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