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Internal request to order two Stromerg carburettors type DA.42 with detailed setting specifications.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 20\9\  Scan073
Date  6th January 1936
  
To Roy. {Mr H. Royce - Buyer}
X1033

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /CTS. {C. Trot Salt - Carburation} 3/JH.6.1.36.

Will you please order from the Zenith
Carburetter Co. :-

2 Stromerg Carburetters type DA. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} 42.
(with hand controlled starting)

Specification (setting)

Choke. 1.25"
Main discharge jet. .060"
Bye pass jet. .048"
Main discharge jet L.885 but with one 58 idle feed hole, Bore 36
Air bleed. 70
Idle tube. 64
Idle discharge, top. 64
Idle discharge, bottom 70
Pump jet. 70
Needle valve seat. 130

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /CTS. {C. Trot Salt - Carburation}
  
  
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