Another thing to look out for is that the fuel isn't just dripping from
that spot, but spilling out through the air cleaner from the carb
throat. Oftentimes on my GT6 the needle valves in the carbs jam up, and
then the float bowls overfill. The fuel then comes up through the jet
spills out into the aircleaner assembly.
Congrats on your new baby!
Michael
michael_bayrock@bctransit.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: GatesDavid@aol.com [SMTP:GatesDavid@aol.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 01, 1998 8:57 PM
> To: spitfires@Autox.Team.Net
> Subject: Carb leaking gas
>
> Fellow Listers,
>
> First the good news. The '78 Spit that I got almost 2 weeks ago
> (originally
> as a parts car) is alive!!! I just pushed it into the driveway today
> to look
> at it for the first time. It was garaged for 2 years after the PO had
> it
> towed. The problem was a bad starter. The battery cable was shorting
> out on
> the case. Piece of cake. Compression is 120-125. After a little
> encouragement it fired up and ran pretty smooth.
>
> But, just about when I was ready to drive it around the block I
> noticed that
> there was a large amount of gas in a steady stream comming out of the
> bottom
> of the carb (Single Zenith Strom). It was comming out from around a
> round
> brass plug of sorts at the bottom of the carb. This brass plug is
> very loose
> and it seems like it should have an O ring or something to seal it. I
> could
> find no way of tightening it up from the outside of the carb. My
> other car
> has a Webber, so this is my first encounter with this type of carb.
> Any help
> would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> David Gates
> '73 Spitfire 1500
> '78 Spitfire 1500
> Hawaii
> http://members.aol.com/gatesdavid/index.htm
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