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<DIV><FONT size=4>Stu,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Sorry to hear about your crappy day. I had a day like
that many years ago. Had rebuilt the carb and had forgotten to tighten the
float valve seats into the carb body. Gas came out of the carb
overflow. In my infinite wisdom I had decided to turn the key on and wait
for the pump to stop. When the pump didn’t stop, instead of realizing that
there was something wrong, I cranked the engine. There was a great Whoosh!
and a large black blister began growing on the hood. Was fortunate to get
the car to a neighbor’s hose and douse the flames. Aside from the obvious
repaint, had to do harness repairs, replace ignition wires and some other
stuff. Just a word of caution, when you rebuild the carb, make sure that
the float valve seats are tight or you may be in for another crappy
day.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'; COLOR: #000000">Will -
wseay@embarqmail.com<BR>______________________________<BR>"I think not therefore
I am not" (anon)</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=tigers@autox.team.net
href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net">Stu via Tigers</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, August 30, 2015 9:37 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=Tigers@autox.team.net
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Tigers] This isn't fun anymore...</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>I took the Tiger out today for a little cruise with my son
driving (don’t panic, Hagerty, he’s over 25). When we got home I noticed
that the trunk was a little out of alignment. The nut on the fixed part of
the right side hinge was loose. No problem, tighten it up. Only it
wouldn’t tighten. It feels like the stud is pulling out of the hinge
body. OK, I may have a spare hinge, if not, I can probably turn one
up.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>No big deal, right? But wait, the fun was just
starting.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>I was going to drive it back into the garage. The key
was on a few seconds while I readjusted the seat from my son’s position.
Then it took longer than normal to start, then smoke came out from under the
hood. Key off. There’s a lot of heat coming out… I pulled the
hood release and could see flames… Opening the hood, flames were
coming up from the front of the carb area. The garden hose was right
there, so I gave it a squirt, cooling everything off, and the flames went
out.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>The front of the air cleaner is sort or singed, the element
needs an inspection, the bottom of the hood is black and bubbled right over
there, and there is one huge bubble on the outside of the hood. Wiring
looks OK, if a bit singed, and the plastic section that joins the choke heater
down pipe to the air cleaner is melted.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>After things cooled off, we powered it up again, with the air
cleaner off. The pump was on, but everything was perfect, no fuel coming
out anywhere. It started and ran fine.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>So I’m guessing that something is going on in the float bowl,
the valve occasionally sticking open or something. There had been a couple
instances of brief loss of power, and rough running this summer, so I suspect
this is related.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>I cleaned and replaced a lot of stuff in the carb maybe a
decade back. Anybody have any part numbers for rebuild kits that are
available today? What Ford should I tell them I have to get the kit for a
stock 260 Tiger carb?</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>The fun is going out of this real quick. Now I’m faced
with matching the paint on the hood ( Imron from 1977), or a whole strip and
repaint to get things to match, since there are too many layers of paint on it
now.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>How was your day?</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Stu</P></DIV></DIV>
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