Daniel,
On my 351C I have a Holly Double pumper. I sometimes like
to mount the original Tiger Air filter length way instead of the stock
cross way. Without a spacer, the lower section of the air cleaner
housing hits the float adjustment screws, similar to your problem.
To solve the problem without cutting anything I took a strip of
steel strapping (as used in the shipping industry for boxes) 3/4"
wide, formed it into a circle that is just a tight slip fit on the
bottom flange of the air cleaner housing. Two pop rivets holds the
strap together and blue RTV seals the circle to the air cleaner
lower plate. This raises the air cleaner about 1/2" (3/4" - the depth of the
lip on the air cleaner). As the air cleaner is normally bolted down
with the wing nut I have no problems with the circle comming off;
however I can remove the circle with no damage to the original AC
Tiger filter housing. The strapping also comes in 1/2" if you
need only a 1/4" or so rise. The strap is thin, but I have no
problem with the seal to the carb throat gasket.
By the way, the quickest way to solve your problem is to use
multiple carb throat gaskets. They are around 1/8 to 3/16 " thick.
Tape 2 or 3 gaskets together install the air cleaner and you are done.
At 10:34 PM 4/11/2000 -0600, you wrote:
>Hi Listers,
>
> I'm putting my car back together after having it painted and I'm having
>a minor problem getting my air filter housing to fit properly. Seems the
>body shop had to alter the bottom of the housing to drop it down to fit
>under the LAT hood. They may have gone overkill here. They removed the cast
>flange that mounts on the carb from the bottom of the housing in order to
>drop the housing down a little. This all began because the float adjustment
>screws were keeping the housing from sitting flush on the carburetor. They
>were told to cut or drill some relief's where the adjustments were. When I
>returned the next day they had drilled holes in the bottom plate for the
>relief's and
>removed the cast flange that mounts on the carb. If you look closely you
>will see they also cut the forward vent tube on the carb. Well, the damage
>is done and now I'm trying to figure out how to salvage what I can. This is
>the situation now. When you tighten down the top to the filter housing the
>front float adjustment screw crushes the paper filter (see photo p4110045).
> If you look at the photo shot from the front of the car you can see where
>the
>paper has already been deformed and the top isn't even tightened down. This
>damage is left over from where it was tightened down for the trip home from
>the body shop. I guess I need to know if anyone else has ever had this
>problem
>before and if so what did you do about it? Do they make spacers that I might
>use between the carburetor and the housing to lift the housing just enough
>to
>clear the adjustment screw but still keep the housing low enough so it
>clears
>the LAT hood? I can always have something made at the machine shop but
>if anyone has an easier solution I'm Game. You can see photos of my intake
>and filter dilemma at:
>
>http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/f_eiland_2000?d&.flabel=fld4&.src=ph
>
>Let me know if you think of something. Thanks for all the help this list has
>given me over the past year. OH, BTW, I do except all opinions whether I
>agree with them or not.
>
>Again, Thanks to all on the list for your help.
>
>Dan Eiland
>
>
>
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James Barrett Tiger II 351C and others
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