[Mgs] Importance of 3 screws in float chamber lid

[Max Heim]

I would think it might leak a little. I had a torn gasket once and it always
had a dribble mark down the side until I replaced it. But that is going to
be a tough screw to extract, since the screw is five times harder than the
carb body.

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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Menlo Park, CA,
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on 11/23/12 2:59 PM, Simon Matthews at simon.d.matthews at gmail.com wrote:

> On starting to look at over-revving issues, I noticed that one of the float
> chambers has 2 screws in the lid. On removal, the reason becomes obvious:
> the remains of a screw stuck in the threads.
> 
> So, my question is: how important is it to attempt to remove the shank of
> the screw and put in a new screw? If I mess up the removal, I might damage
> the float chamber, which then apparently means a new carburettor (Moss
> doesn't show the float chamber as a separate item). So I am wondering about
> re-assembling with only 2 screws.
> 
> Simon