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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