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Subject: Re: [Healeys] Carb removal
From: i erbs <eyera3000@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2020 15:19:56 -0800
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what they said
You will thank us later if you remove both carbs
Ira Erbs
Milwaukie,OR
      _______                                  _______
     (______ \____1959 BN4____/ _______)
         (_________________________)
          BT7 engine and disk brakes


1967 MGB  [image: MG]

A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments. Mario Andretti
Please excuse random auto corrects and misspelled words


On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 12:54 PM Henry G Leach via Healeys <
healeys@autox.team.net> wrote:

> Recommend you remove both carbs as a unit, and put new seals in
> both-rebuilding one will do no good, and if you want to get rid of leaks
> you should address each one. Its not a bad job on the bench-mostly
> cleanup...then reinstall as a unit-slips right back into position with
> inlet manifold. Hank
>
> -----------------------------------------
> From: "Richard Kahn via Healeys"
> To: "Leonard Berkowitz", "healeys@autox.team.net"
> Cc:
> Sent: Monday November 30 2020 7:49:02PM
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Carb removal
>
> I'm not sure you can remove only one carb. With the linkage and the length
> of the mounting studs you could bend or break something. Let us know if you
> are successful. And how did you get away with not doing anything for 30
> years. You must have had it stored for 29 years.
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> on behalf of Leonard
> Berkowitz <DrBerkowitz@hotmail.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, November 30, 2020 1:39 PM
> *To:* healeys@autox.team.net <healeys@autox.team.net>
> *Subject:* [Healeys] Carb removal
>
> It has been thirty years since the last time I needed to do anything major
> on my BJ7 so my memory is not quite clear.  Can I remove the rear carb
> independently from the front carb? I have already designed a tool to access
> the lower hold down bolts.  If I remember correctly, I may have rebuilt and
> installed the carburetors when I rebuilt the engine, so access was not much
> of a problem.
>
> Thanks
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>what they said</div><div>You will thank us later if y=
ou remove both carbs<br></div><div><div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_sig=
nature" data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=
=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr">=
<div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">Ira Erbs<div>M=
ilwaukie,OR</div><div><span style=3D"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,=
serif">=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 _______ =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=
=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =
=C2=A0_______</span><br style=3D"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,seri=
f"><span style=3D"font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif">=C2=A0 =C2=
=A0=C2=A0 (______ \____1959 BN4____/ _______)</span><br style=3D"font-famil=
y:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif"><span style=3D"font-family:&#39;Times Ne=
w Roman&#39;,serif">=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0 (____________________=
_____)</span></div><div>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 BT7 engine and d=
isk brakes</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>1967 MGB =C2=A0<img src=
=3D"http://www.britishcarspecialists.com/assets/images/MG_emblem.jpg"; alt=
=3D"MG"></div><div><br></div><div><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,51);font-f=
amily:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"=
>A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments. Mario Andretti</spa=
n><br></div><div>Please excuse random auto corrects and misspelled words</d=
iv></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>=
</div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div=
 dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 12:54 PM Henry G L=
each via Healeys &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:healeys@autox.team.net";>healeys@auto=
x.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=
=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding=
-left:1ex"><div>Recommend you remove both carbs as a unit, and put new seal=
s in both-rebuilding one will do no good, and if you want to get rid of lea=
ks you should address each one. Its not a bad job on the bench-mostly clean=
up...then reinstall as a unit-slips right back into position with inlet man=
ifold. Hank<br><br><div></div><p>-----------------------------------------<=
/p>From: &quot;Richard Kahn via Healeys&quot; <u></u><br>To: &quot;Leonard =
Berkowitz&quot;, &quot;<a href=3D"mailto:healeys@autox.team.net"; target=3D"=
_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>&quot;<br>Cc: <br>Sent: Monday November 3=
0 2020 7:49:02PM<br>Subject: Re: [Healeys] Carb removal<br><br>



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:rgb(0,0,0)">
I&#39;m not sure you can remove only one carb. With the linkage and the len=
gth of the mounting studs you could bend or break something. Let us know if=
 you are successful. And how did you get away with not doing anything for 3=
0 years. You must have had it stored
 for 29 years.<br>
</div>
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e=3D"font-size:11pt" face=3D"Calibri, sans-serif" color=3D"#000000"><b>From=
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=3D"_blank">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>&gt; on behalf of Leonard Ber=
kowitz &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:DrBerkowitz@hotmail.com"; target=3D"_blank">DrB=
erkowitz@hotmail.com</a>&gt;<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 30, 2020 1:39 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href=3D"mailto:healeys@autox.team.net"; target=3D"_blank">heal=
eys@autox.team.net</a> &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:healeys@autox.team.net"; target=
=3D"_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>&gt;<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] Carb removal</font>
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It has been thirty years since the last time I needed to do anything major =
on my BJ7 so my memory is not quite clear.=C2=A0 Can I remove the rear carb=
 independently from the front carb? I have already designed a tool to acces=
s the lower hold down bolts.=C2=A0 If I remember
 correctly, I may have rebuilt and installed the carburetors when I rebuilt=
 the engine, so access was not much of a problem.</div>
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:rgb(0,0,0)">
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