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Re: Car is missing badly, help!

To: 6pack <6pack@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Car is missing badly, help!
From: Jay Snable <jsnable@mac.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 13:18:59 -0700
Shannon,

How about the possibility that the piece you found is a blanking plug 
from your carburetor? You may have a fuel passage that has opened up 
and is no longer under control of the float valve...

Jay
'73 TR6


> snip
> 7.     Interestingly enough, in the float bowl of #1 carb, I find a
> small cylindrical piece of aluminum (I think, but it's not magnetic). 
> It
> looks like a rounded pellet about 4mm in diameter. Click on this link
> for a pic of it:
> http://photos.little-lamb.com/displayimage.php?pos=-393
> 8.     Just for kicks, I did a compression test, 150psi across the
> board.
>   Does anyone have any suggestions on what the next step is?
> Thanks for your help.
> -Shannon




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