Oops, Tom is right.....I meant tube.....by the way, your local hobby
store is an excellent place to find those brass tubes, and they're soft
enough that you won't damage the soft metal of the SU float bowl top.
Thanks, Tom!
Curt
On Jun 29, 8:51pm, Tom Zuchowski wrote:
> Subject: Re: SU Carb -- Float Leaking
> When you say "brass rod", you mean "brass tube", don't you? <g>
>
> Good idea.
>
> Tom Zuchowski
> '61 Bugeye
>
> ----------
> > From: Curtis Carlson <carlson@navtech.com>
> > To: chasdoug@gte.net; spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
> > Subject: Re: SU Carb -- Float Leaking
> > Date: Monday, June 29, 1998 10:10 AM
> >
> > Mine did this on my Sprite MKIII last year. Decided to do it in the
> middle of
> > our funkhana and spurted gasoline directly onto the exhaust pipe!
Yikes!
> No
> > fire, but I was scared S**tless!
> >
> > Anyway, check to make sure the float bowl isn't hanging up. If the
float
> > sticks down, it doesn't shut off the fuel flow with the needle
valve, and
> the
> > fuel flows out through the overflow hole just under the fuel inlet
when
> the
> > pump continues to push fuel. The float should move freely, and
there
> should be
> > no burrs on the float axle. If you have an original float, I would
> consider
> > replacing the floats and axles. Also, you can remove the aluminum
> deflector
> > over the overflow hole, and insert a small brass rod, to which you
can
> attach
> > an overflow hose draining safely away from the exhaust pipe and onto
the
> > ground. It's good insurance.
> >
> > Curt
> >
> >
> >
> > On Jun 28, 8:09pm, chasdoug@gte.net wrote:
> > > Subject: SU Carb -- Float Leaking
> > > The rear float of my HS2's is leaking on occasion. Actually,
leaking
> is
> > > an understatement. It's pumping out significant quantities of gas
--
> > > ooops -- petrol.
> > >
> > > If I take the lid off and fiddle with the gasket and put the lid
back
> > > on, it seems to dry up for awhile, but it starts dumping again
> > > eventually. Or, if I remove the gas line and reconnect it, it
> sometimes
> > > goes away for awhile.
> > >
> > > Since I'm not really fixing anything, and since it _looks_ like
the gas
> > > is actually coming out of the top (underneath the gas line), I'm
> > > starting to think there must be something else wrong.
> > >
> > > Is there some kind of overflow? What causes it to need to
overflow?
> Or
> > > is my gasket technique that bad?
> > >
> > > Help?
> > >
> > > Chas Douglass -- Seattle WA
> > >
> > >-- End of excerpt from chasdoug@gte.net
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Curtis Carlson
> > '66 Austin Healey Sprite MkIII ("Gerty")
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>-- End of excerpt from Tom Zuchowski
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