[Healeys] Running Problem

[Bob Spidell]

It's very surprising no one on this list suggested that possible cause 
early on.

I think somewhere in the shop manual it says that those 'grub' screws 
take a set and shouldn't be reused.

Bob


On 6/2/2020 4:10 PM, Brian Drab wrote:
>
> 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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