[Healeys] SU Carb on BJ8

[Alan Seigrist]

Jon -

You have to take the carb out and replace the jet.  The jet's diaphram is
leaking, it is a standard problem.  It's a good excuse to pull the carbs and
do a soft rebuild.

Alan

On Feb 19, 2008 12:09 AM, <STOCKLAND at aol.com> wrote:

> After several cold months, decided to start up the Healey and found the
>  back
> carb leaking.  Pulled the top off the float compartment, removed the
>  float
> and found all to be OK.  Before returning the float, I added some
>  gasoline to
> the float compartment and found that when it was over one half full,  gas
> started leaking from somewhere under the carb body.  I have not taken  the
> carb
> off yet to figure this all out, but thought I would see if any of you
>  have
> experienced this strange happing before.
>
> Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
>
> Jon