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tahoe healey

tahoe healey

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Well another domino (or two) just fell. While adjusting the fuel mixture, the float chamber started over-flowing via the down tube.(onto the exhaust pipe, dumb design). The carbs fill with gas and the engine won't restart. Flooded I'm sure. Wore the battery down (re-charging now). My question is, can the chamber be dropped down and out to fix the float needle and check the float for leaks with-out removing the carbs which I just put back on?
Rich
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Frequently a tap with a wrench can jar the float loose so it will return to working order. Should that not work out, you can rather easily remove the float bowl lid by removing the center "cap nut" and carefully detach the lid. The float lever should be adjusted so a 7/16" dowel or twist drill bit fits between the edge of the lid and the "tines" of the float lever.

David Z.
 
Thanks. I took the cap off and cleaned everything and I on the road again. I didn't think of tapping it first. It probably would have saved me some time.
Rich
 
I had to tap the float bowl almost every time I started my car after it had sat for over a week or so until I installed Grose Jets. I also installed an inline fuel filter just prior to the carbs.
 
I think the problem started when I moved the gas filter from above the engine (a PO thing) to the out-goard side of the carb. Too much jarring and tugging.
Rich
 
Rich

In case you missed the comment above. Those little brass tubes on the top of the float bowl are supposed to have plastic tubes that extend to the frame and direct the errant fuel to the ground below the exhaust. They don't cost much and might save that lovely Healey of yours from disaster.

My 2 cents worth on the Grosse Jets is that they help, but a GOOD fuel filter cures the overflow problem.
 
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