Re: [Healeys] Carb removal

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Beautiful wrench remodeling job!Gary Hodson

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From: Brian Drab via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>
To: Leonard Berkowitz <DrBerkowitz@hotmail.com>; healeys@autox.team.net <he=
aleys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tue, Dec 1, 2020 2:07 pm
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Carb removal

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Section1 {}#yiv5028915257 I too had the problem of removing my carbs, but o=
n a BJ8 - which because of the carb size I think was probably harder. I had=
 to actually modify a perfectly good wrench to get the bottom inside nuts l=
oosened.=C2=A0  A lot of heat and experimenting before I got it right and e=
ven then it only gave me enough purchase to probably get 1/16 of a turn of =
the nut! But loosening the nuts paled in comparison to getting those same n=
uts back on. Getting each nut actually located on the stud probably took on=
e hour each and it involved using grease on my finger tip to hold the nut i=
n place and try to turn it that first segment of a turn to get it started. =
Probably one of the worst jobs I have encountered in my years of working on=
 cars. Brian Drab AHOABC  =C2=A0 From: Leonard Berkowitz <DrBerkowitz@hotma=
il.com>
Sent: November 30, 2020 1:40 PM
To: healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: [Healeys] Carb removal  =C2=A0 It has been thirty years since the =
last time I needed to do anything major on my BJ7 so my memory is not quite=
 clear.=C2=A0 Can I remove the rear carb independently from the front carb?=
 I have already designed a tool to access the lower hold down bolts.=C2=A0 =
If I remember correctly, I may have rebuilt and installed the carburetors w=
hen I rebuilt the engine, so access was not much of a problem.  =C2=A0=20

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<div style="color:black;font: 12pt Comic Sans MS, sans-serif;">Beautiful wrench 
remodeling job!
<div>Gary Hodson</div>
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From: Brian Drab via Healeys &lt;healeys@autox.team.net&gt;<br>
To: Leonard Berkowitz &lt;DrBerkowitz@hotmail.com&gt;; healeys@autox.team.net 
&lt;healeys@autox.team.net&gt;<br>
Sent: Tue, Dec 1, 2020 2:07 pm<br>
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<div class="yiv5028915257MsoNormal"><span style="">I too had the problem of 
removing my carbs, but on a BJ8 - which because of the carb size I think was 
probably harder. I had to actually modify a perfectly good wrench to get the 
bottom inside nuts
 loosened.&nbsp; </span></div>
 

<div class="yiv5028915257MsoNormal"><span style="">A lot of heat and 
experimenting before I got it right and even then it only gave me enough 
purchase to probably get 1/16 of a turn of the nut!
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<div class="yiv5028915257MsoNormal"><span style="">But loosening the nuts paled 
in comparison to getting those same nuts back on. Getting each nut actually 
located on the stud probably took one hour each and it involved using grease on 
my finger
 tip to hold the nut in place and try to turn it that first segment of a turn 
to get it started.</span></div>
 

<div class="yiv5028915257MsoNormal"><span style="">Probably one of the worst 
jobs I have encountered in my years of working on cars.</span></div>
 

<div class="yiv5028915257MsoNormal"><span style="">Brian Drab</span></div>
 

<div class="yiv5028915257MsoNormal"><span style="">AHOABC</span></div>
 

<div class="yiv5028915257MsoNormal"><span style=""> &nbsp;</span></div>
 

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<div class="yiv5028915257MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span 
lang="EN-US"> Leonard Berkowitz &lt;DrBerkowitz@hotmail.com&gt;
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<b>Sent:</b> November 30, 2020 1:40 PM<br clear="none">
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<b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] Carb removal</span></div>
 
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<div class="yiv5028915257MsoNormal"><span 
style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;">It has been thirty years since the last 
time I needed to do anything major on my BJ7 so my memory is not quite 
clear.&nbsp; Can I remove the rear carb independently from the front carb? I 
have already
 designed a tool to access the lower hold down bolts.&nbsp; If I remember 
correctly, I may have rebuilt and installed the carburetors when I rebuilt the 
engine, so access was not much of a problem.</span></div>
 
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