[Healeys] Confusing fuel starvation--BJ8

[i erbs]

Ping pong ball in fuel tank?

Ira Erbs
1959 100-6
MKI engine and disc brakes
Portland,OR

On Oct 16, 2016 4:45 PM, "Tom Felts" <tomfelts at windstream.net> wrote:

>
> Thought I had found why I was getting fuel starvation.  I would be driving
> along and the engine wanten to die---flip the acc and pull the choke and it
> wold fire up again---did this over and over to nurse the car home.
>
> Since the fuel pup was operating as it should, I figured it must be in a
> carb.
>
> Took the tops off the fuel bowl.  Rea was full of gas-----front only 1/2
> way up.
>
> Looked at the Grose jet and it seemed to be sticking===pulled it cleaned
> it----and broke the tip off.
>
> Had another original jet so installed it---thought that was it.
>
> Started it up and same symptoms.
>
> What next??  Anyn ideas?
>
> tom
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