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Anyone any idea where I can get an Automatic Enrichment Device (AED) for an XJ6 circa 1977 ?
The one on my car doesn't work correctly and the previous owner has already had it to bits.
Rather than buy a rebuild kit and then find out my own has been butchered (which is a possibility) I thought I'd get a used one and rebuild that as a straight swap.
Thanks
The one on my car doesn't work correctly and the previous owner has already had it to bits.
Rather than buy a rebuild kit and then find out my own has been butchered (which is a possibility) I thought I'd get a used one and rebuild that as a straight swap.
Thanks
I did think of a manual choke conversion but they appear to use the lower half of the AED anyway and I assume I'll still need an overhaul kit for the seals etc.
I'd prefer to keep the automatic function if possible although I appreciate that they never were the most reliable of things.
On the older units as fitted to Mk2 Jags etc. I seem to recall that it was a popular mod to fit a toggle switch on the dash so that the electric function of the unit could be over-ridden.
Would something similar be useful on the AED unit i.e. is it usually the electrical element that fails or is it the seals ?
To be honest I haven't really looked in detail at the unit yet and need to do some more homework
I believe mine looks something like this.
I'd prefer to keep the automatic function if possible although I appreciate that they never were the most reliable of things.
On the older units as fitted to Mk2 Jags etc. I seem to recall that it was a popular mod to fit a toggle switch on the dash so that the electric function of the unit could be over-ridden.
Would something similar be useful on the AED unit i.e. is it usually the electrical element that fails or is it the seals ?
To be honest I haven't really looked in detail at the unit yet and need to do some more homework
I believe mine looks something like this.
jith said:
For all who are interested, I am working on a manual choke conversion kit for all early Jags fitted with an AED unit.
It takes a bit of development because there are no less than 5 different SU carb variations across the range. But it will involve the total removal of the AED into the bin; the best place for it, and the fitment of a proper manual choke.
Watch this space.
J
Any progress on this ?It takes a bit of development because there are no less than 5 different SU carb variations across the range. But it will involve the total removal of the AED into the bin; the best place for it, and the fitment of a proper manual choke.
Watch this space.
J
My 4.2 coupe has the manual choke conversion fitted.
It replaces the top of the original AED. I wouldn't say it's a masterpiece of engineering, although the car does start easily enough but needs a bit of throttle until it warms up.
Burlen services were supposedly developing an alternative to the AED but it doesn't seem to have materialised yet.
It replaces the top of the original AED. I wouldn't say it's a masterpiece of engineering, although the car does start easily enough but needs a bit of throttle until it warms up.
Burlen services were supposedly developing an alternative to the AED but it doesn't seem to have materialised yet.
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