<div dir="ltr">Listers,<div><br></div><div>On my BJ8, I use a "stubby" box wrench to remove the rear carb nuts, reaching with my left hand under the front carb. I then use a long magnet to hold the 7 o'clock nut in place at the stud. The magnet reaches down from above the 11 o'clock nut. I am able to get the nut started with my left hand reaching under the front carb, back to the 7 o'clock nut, tightening it with the stubby wrench. It works for me.</div><div><br></div><div>Fred </div><div><br></div><div>66 BJ8</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 4:40 PM Simon Lachlan via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-GB" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="gmail-m_-7452781276816598782WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span>My wife’s hands are much smaller than mine and she seems to have more hinges in her wrists. She’s a southpaw too which can help. She’s not patient enough to do the whole job, but she’ll usually get the nuts started. Useful. Can take some coaxing……<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>Simon<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Brian Drab via Healeys<br><b>Sent:</b> 01 December 2020 20:08<br><b>To:</b> Leonard Berkowitz <<a href="mailto:DrBerkowitz@hotmail.com" target="_blank">DrBerkowitz@hotmail.com</a>>; <a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Carb removal<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">I too had the problem of removing my carbs, but on a BJ8 - which because of the carb size I think was probably harder. I had to actually modify a perfectly good wrench to get the bottom inside nuts loosened. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">A lot of heat and experimenting before I got it right and even then it only gave me enough purchase to probably get 1/16 of a turn of the nut! <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">But loosening the nuts paled in comparison to getting those same nuts back on. Getting each nut actually located on the stud probably took one hour each and it involved using grease on my finger tip to hold the nut in place and try to turn it that first segment of a turn to get it started.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Probably one of the worst jobs I have encountered in my years of working on cars.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Brian Drab<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">AHOABC<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Leonard Berkowitz <<a href="mailto:DrBerkowitz@hotmail.com" target="_blank">DrBerkowitz@hotmail.com</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> November 30, 2020 1:40 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] Carb removal<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt;color:black">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Thanks <u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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