[Healeys] Running Problem

[Stephen Hutchings]

I’ve never forgotten how obscenely difficult it is to remove those HD8’s…I find myself in some pretty weird positions trying to get at those nuts.
I’ve had my car for 45 years, so they’ve been off a number of times, and I still don’t have any secret tricks to share on that one!

Stephen, BJ8

> On Jun 2, 2020, at 10:24 PM, Jean Caron <vintage_roadster_restoration at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Brian, Yes the rear carb is especially difficult to remove. Two years ago I helped a friend with his Jaguar E-Type V12, it took me about 4 hours to remove four carbs, absolutely awful.
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> Jean
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> From: Brian Drab <mailto:bgdrab at redzone.ca>
> Sent: June 2, 2020 6:19 PM
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> Subject: [Healeys] Running Problem
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> Success! I would like to thank everyone on the list for the enthusiastic support I received in trying to get my BJ8 running properly.
> In the end I took both carbs off and took the right apart and cleaned them. Nothing seemed untoward or problematic Except while I was checking the screw hold one of the fuel metering needles into the piston I noticed that it seemed a little too loose. When I tugged on the need it easily slipped out of position. I am surmising that on one of the occasions that the car was popping back through the carbs , the action sharply pushed up on the piston and dislodged the needle which would have fallen down into the jet and blocked fuel from flowing. In any event when I positioned the needle correctly and tightened the screw then carefully made all of the adjustments  and reinstalled everything,  the car is now running better than it has ever run!
> I can only think that after starting the car after it’s long winters nap, one of the float needles hung open and dumped fuel out off the overflow. I have no explanation for the puddle of fuel under the engine but I am sure the everything was related. 
> Again thank you all for the ideas, believe me I looked each and every reply. This list is an unbelievable asset.
> One minor thing, I had forgotten how obscenely difficult it is to get those carbs off and on. It took me over an hour to get the lower right nut on the stud for the front carb. If I had tiny hands it would have been a lot easier but we have to do with what we have.
> Brian Drab
> Vancouver BC
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