[Healeys] Carb removal

[i erbs]

what they said
You will thank us later if you remove both carbs
Ira Erbs
Milwaukie,OR
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          BT7 engine and disk brakes


1967 MGB  [image: MG]

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On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 12:54 PM Henry G Leach via Healeys <
healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Recommend you remove both carbs as a unit, and put new seals in
> both-rebuilding one will do no good, and if you want to get rid of leaks
> you should address each one. Its not a bad job on the bench-mostly
> cleanup...then reinstall as a unit-slips right back into position with
> inlet manifold. Hank
>
> -----------------------------------------
> From: "Richard Kahn via Healeys"
> To: "Leonard Berkowitz", "healeys at autox.team.net"
> Cc:
> Sent: Monday November 30 2020 7:49:02PM
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Carb removal
>
> I'm not sure you can remove only one carb. With the linkage and the length
> of the mounting studs you could bend or break something. Let us know if you
> are successful. And how did you get away with not doing anything for 30
> years. You must have had it stored for 29 years.
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Leonard
> Berkowitz <DrBerkowitz at hotmail.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, November 30, 2020 1:39 PM
> *To:* healeys at autox.team.net <healeys at autox.team.net>
> *Subject:* [Healeys] Carb removal
>
> It has been thirty years since the last time I needed to do anything major
> on my BJ7 so my memory is not quite clear.  Can I remove the rear carb
> independently from the front carb? I have already designed a tool to access
> the lower hold down bolts.  If I remember correctly, I may have rebuilt and
> installed the carburetors when I rebuilt the engine, so access was not much
> of a problem.
>
> Thanks
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