[Bmcu] MG-TD Carb

[Hermance, Jonathan]

Bobby,

Sounds like the poor running may be due to some globules of water in the
bottom of the float bowls on your carburetors.  Water would cause a miss
as well as dieing around corners.  If there is water in the float bowls
it needs to be removed and may recur if more water is in the fuel tank.
As to the damper problem, all the parts, broken or otherwise, should be
there.  There is no place for them to go.  Is there any chance the brass
piston and/or missing c-clip are still stick in oil down inside the
piston shaft you keep oil in when the carburetor is all together on the
car?  I don't recognize the snap-button you describe but it sounds like
maybe it is supposed to hold the washer and brass piston on the shaft of
the damper and doesn't do so very well.  The correct c-clip or more
expensively a new damper would likely work.

Jon Hermance  TC TD TF SLC UT

-----Original Message-----
From: bmcu-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:bmcu-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of bobbyv
Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 8:57 AM
To: bmcu
Subject: [Bmcu] MG-TD Carb

Having some problems keeping the car running smoothly.  Starts up - take
in for a spin, then it starts sputtering, dies around corners and seems
like it is starving for fuel as I make it back home?  Runs fine for
awhile.  Cleaned all the filters, pump is fine.  Took a look at the
jets, in which I found that one of the damper's that when removed, you
put oil in the chamber assembly was missing the bottom C-clip.  I took
the chamber assembly off, drained the oil, turned it upside down, tapped
it of table until the washer and other piece came out.  Could not find
the c-clip?  Where did it go? Took the other one apart, the damper is
complete with the c-clip.  But when I tapped it on table, a small
button?
brass, with four little holes around it.  It looks like a snap button??
The other chamber did not have one?  Could this have been the problem?
Is the car supposed to this small item?  Should I replace both dampers?
Help?