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Success! I would like to thank everyone on the list for the enthusiastic su=
pport I received in trying to get my BJ8 running properly.
In the end I took both carbs off and took the right apart and cleaned them.=
Nothing seemed untoward or problematic Except while I was checking the scr=
ew hold one of the fuel metering needles into the piston I noticed that it =
seemed a little too loose. When I tugged on the need it easily slipped out =
of position. I am surmising that on one of the occasions that the car was p=
opping back through the carbs , the action sharply pushed up on the piston =
and dislodged the needle which would have fallen down into the jet and bloc=
ked fuel from flowing. In any event when I positioned the needle correctly =
and tightened the screw then carefully made all of the adjustments and rei=
nstalled everything, the car is now running better than it has ever run!
I can only think that after starting the car after it's long winters nap, o=
ne of the float needles hung open and dumped fuel out off the overflow. I h=
ave no explanation for the puddle of fuel under the engine but I am sure th=
e everything was related.
Again thank you all for the ideas, believe me I looked each and every reply=
. This list is an unbelievable asset.
One minor thing, I had forgotten how obscenely difficult it is to get those=
carbs off and on. It took me over an hour to get the lower right nut on th=
e stud for the front carb. If I had tiny hands it would have been a lot eas=
ier but we have to do with what we have.
Brian Drab
Vancouver BC
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Success! I would like to thank everyone on the list =
for the enthusiastic support I received in trying to get my BJ8 running pro=
perly.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">In the end I took both carbs off and took the right =
apart and cleaned them. Nothing seemed untoward or problematic Except while=
I was checking the screw hold one of the fuel metering needles into the pi=
ston I noticed that it seemed a little
too loose. When I tugged on the need it easily slipped out of position. I =
am surmising that on one of the occasions that the car was popping back thr=
ough the carbs , the action sharply pushed up on the piston and dislodged t=
he needle which would have fallen
down into the jet and blocked fuel from flowing. In any event when I posit=
ioned the needle correctly and tightened the screw then carefully made all =
of the adjustments and reinstalled everything, the car is now r=
unning better than it has ever run!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">I can only think that after starting the car after i=
t’s long winters nap, one of the float needles hung open and dumped f=
uel out off the overflow. I have no explanation for the puddle of fuel unde=
r the engine but I am sure the everything
was related. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Again thank you all for the ideas, believe me I look=
ed each and every reply. This list is an unbelievable asset.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">One minor thing, I had forgotten how obscenely diffi=
cult it is to get those carbs off and on. It took me over an hour to get th=
e lower right nut on the stud for the front carb. If I had tiny hands it wo=
uld have been a lot easier but we
have to do with what we have.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Brian Drab<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Vancouver BC<o:p></o:p></p>
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