[Healeys] Running Problem

[i erbs]

When I installed the hd8s on my bt7 engine my very petite daughter in law
as nd my son were living with us. Her tiny hands got a few nuts started for
me.

Ira Erbs
Portland,OR
59 BN4
67MGB
65 AH Sprite
phone makes it's own choices. Forgive typos

On Tue, Jun 2, 2020, 8:25 PM Stephen Hutchings <s.hutchings at rogers.com>
wrote:

> 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:
>
> 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.
>
> Jean
>
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>
> *From: *Brian Drab <bgdrab at redzone.ca>
> *Sent: *June 2, 2020 6:19 PM
> *To: *healeys at autox.team.net
> *Subject: *[Healeys] Running Problem
>
> 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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