<p dir="ltr">Stu,</p>
<p dir="ltr">Iirc the stock autolite carb has a reputation for lighting up just as you described.. Maybe stuck power valve? It's normally a fire hazard on a restart.. The only known solution to ensure it never happens is a carb swap... That said hopefully a carb rebuild and regular checking can prevent it occurring again.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Also... Valuable reminder to everyone... CARRY A FIRE EXTINGUISHER!!!! Also be very careful opening a bonnet if you suspect fire.. You feed the flames and it gets bigger faster... If you can spray extinguisher from under the car or via a gap its safer.. But not always practical.. So if you have to open the bonnet have your extinguisher of choice ready to go.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Sorry to hear about your bad luck.. But at least it's minor damage.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 31 Aug 2015 11:38, "Stu via Tigers" <<a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net">tigers@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><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"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">No big deal, right?
But wait, the fun was just starting.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<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"><br></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"><br></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><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><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><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<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><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">How was your day?</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Stu</p></div></div>
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