[Healeys] Mystery....part 3

[Skip Saunders]

Yes, that is why it is important to really check the carbs thoroughly.
When I took the carbs apart, the fuel chambers were full of fuel; but I
rebuilt the carbs anyway.   I was suspicious that perhaps my grosse jets
were perhaps a bit clogged/gummy.   (My suspicions were misplaced
however.... when I reinstalled the clean carbs, the problems remained.)

Good guess though.

Thanks
-skip-

-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Seigrist [mailto:healey.nut at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 12:02 AM
To: Skip Saunders; Healey List
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Mystery....part 3

Skip -

Taking the fuel line off is only a partial diagnostic for fuel.  The
best is to take the float chamber lids off and check if full of fuel -
the float jets get clogged more often than you think - esp. w/ grose
jets.

Alan

On 1/7/09, Skip Saunders <tfsbj7 at mindspring.com> wrote:
> My next test was to check the cylinder compression ..perhaps I'd blown a
> head gasket?  (In all 6 cylinders simultaneously?).. Yes, I'm clearly
> grasping at straws at this point.   As you might have guessed the cylinder
> compressions tested:  1-157, 2-147, 3-144, 4-147, 5-152, and 6-147..No
> problem there.
>
> ------------------------------
> Check on "part 2" to find what I found was THE ANSWER!!!....
>
> In the meantime, see if you can tell what the problem was yourself..:-)
(I
> believe, you have all the information you need to diagnose the problem,
but
> you do have to know the workings of a BJ8 to figure out what was causing
my
> problem.)
>
> Thanks
> -skip saunders-
> BJ8 -Gladys-
> BJ7 -Harriett-
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Alan

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