OK, simple question: What size screw holds the autochoke on
for a 1980 spitfire? Any ideas on how to dig one up short of mail
order (I'd like to make the Palo Alto show this weekend and it's an
awfully long way to push her)? This screw is described as the auto choke
screw in the VB catalog -- /not/ the heat mass screw (the three in the
middle of the assembly), but the two long and one short that hold the
stupid, perpetually non-working, bad on mileage and about to be converted
to manual "autochoke" thing onto the stock ZS carb.
Background: there are three screws that held the automatic water choke
onto the carb in my 1980 Spit. One was helpfully replaced by a
size--too-small screw by my (ex)mechanic. One vibrated out, lost forever
(apparently two aren't enough to stay tight). And the one left isn't
enough. What size are these little monsters? I can't find a metric or
english match for the life of me (10/32 is close, but not quite)! Is this
really an odd size, or am I just missing something?
Maybe I can just use a big 'ol hose clamp to hold it in place -- I
just need to block up the holes that leak fuel onto the manifold, I do not
need it to work (I wrote off a working autochoke after the third
catastrophic, wait-an-hour-maybe-she'll-start flooding incident - no
reoccurrences yet and my mileage went from 20 mpg to 25 mpg overnight).
Any advice appreciated,
John Weale
1980 'British Racing Orange' Spitfire
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