There ain't no Roadster club on LI and the Bs come closest and the members
have the same sickness as us about their cars.
Many of the members own 3 or 4 cars most of which don't work but one day . .
. :)
Sound familiar?
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pam & Paul Bauman" <plhbauman@earthlink.net>
To: "Autox" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 8:12 PM
Subject: RE: First Problem
> MGB club meeting????
>
> Paul Bauman
> Westminster, CA
> 67 1600
> http://www.PictureTrail.com/bauman311
>
>
> On the way to my MGB club meeting I was driving in heavy traffic on Long
> Island. I started smelling gas but kept on going. When I got to the
> restaurant I saw a line of gas coming from my car in the parking lot.
Seems
> my float needle stuck open on the front carb and it was a new needle. I
> didn't have any tools besides a cheap screwdriver set and an adjustable
> crescent wrench. I was able to take off the float cover and take out the
> needle which I carefully disassembled in my car. There was a small piece
of
> crud in there. Blew it out (gas tastes horrible), reassembled everything,
> and all was better.
>
> Lesson learned was to carry a cheap set of tools in the car.
>
> My Datsun never broke down or gave me trouble before in the 20+ years I
> owned it so I never carried tools.
>
> Oh well.
>
> Mike
>
> PS - I smelled wonderful while eating dinner too but everyone at the table
> was a BTDT person.
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