[Mgs] Importance of 3 screws in float chamber lid

[Max Heim]

Supposed to. But it seems it splashes around on cornering, potholes, and the
like.


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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Menlo Park, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires


on 11/23/12 8:52 PM, John Elwood at mgmagnette at aol.com wrote:

> Doesn't the float prevent the gas level from getting up that high?  Maybe not.
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On Nov 23, 2012, at 11:48 PM, Max Heim <mvheim at sonic.net> wrote:
> 
>> 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,
>> it's the primer red one with chrome wires
>> 
>> 
>> 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