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It's very surprising no one on this list suggested that possible cause
early on.
I think somewhere in the shop manual it says that those 'grub' screws
take a set and shouldn't be reused.
Bob
On 6/2/2020 4:10 PM, Brian Drab wrote:
>
> Success! I would like to thank everyone on the list for the
> enthusiastic support 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 screw 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 popping 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 blocked fuel from flowing. In
> any event when I positioned the needle correctly and tightened the
> screw then carefully made all of the adjustments and reinstalled
> 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, one of the float needles hung open and dumped fuel out off the
> overflow. I have no explanation for the puddle of fuel under the
> engine but I am sure the 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 the stud for the front carb. If I had tiny hands it would have
> been a lot easier but we have to do with what we have.
>
> Brian Drab
>
> Vancouver BC
>
>
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It's very surprising no one on this list suggested that possible
cause early on.<br>
<br>
I think somewhere in the shop manual it says that those 'grub'
screws take a set and shouldn't be reused.<br>
<br>
Bob<br>
<br>
<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Success! I would like to thank everyone on
the list for the enthusiastic support I received in trying to
get my BJ8 running properly.
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<p class="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 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 popping 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 blocked
fuel from flowing. In any event when I positioned the needle
correctly and tightened the screw then carefully made all of
the adjustments and reinstalled everything, the car is now
running better than it has ever run!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I can only think that after starting the
car after it?s long winters nap, one of the float needles hung
open and dumped fuel out off the overflow. I have no
explanation for the puddle of fuel under the engine but I am
sure the everything was related. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Again thank you all for the ideas, believe
me I looked each and every reply. This list is an unbelievable
asset.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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 the stud
for the front carb. If I had tiny hands it would have been a
lot easier but we have to do with what we have.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Brian Drab<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Vancouver BC<o:p></o:p></p>
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