Did you "shake,shake, shake " your booty, (oops sorry) the floats when you
had them out.
I have a full float on my bench right now and its really hard to tell its
full since the gas is packed in there so tight. A float test in water or
comparing the weight to the other float should answer the question.
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Leonard Berkowitz" <drberkowitz@hotmail.com>
To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 8:26 PM
Subject: Gas over flow
> I just took my Healey out for the first time. It ran very nicely at first
> but then suddenly felt like it was going to die. Also smelled gasoline.
> Upon limping home I found that the front carb was dumping gas from the
over
> flow pipe. I proceeded to open both float chambers and clean and examine
> all the parts. I could not find any problem. I was able to get a good
seal
> of the needle valves prior to reinstalling everything. Upon completion I
> took the car for a fairly long ride and it drove beautifully, until I
> started to smell gas again.(Performance was not effected) I checked the
> carbs and found the rear carb overflowing this time. After blowing out
both
> needle valves I reassembled everything and it seem OK again. I think my
> problem may be coming from dirt in the gas since the filter has not been
> changed in quite a long time and the gas has been in the tank since before
> the winter. Any body have any comments.
>
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