Find that nut!
A few years back, when I worked in the service department of a local
Pontiac dealer, a mechanic did exactly that. He finally decided that the
carb nut had fallen on the floor and gotten kicked into oblivion. Grabbed
a new nut and re-installed the carb.
You guessed it. The nut had fallen into the intake, somehow got past a
intake valve with lillte damage to the valve,and wedged itself between
the piston and head. Besides breaking the piston, it also cracked the
head and gouged a monster chunk out of the cylinder wall.
What started out as a simple carb repair, ended up with us (the
dealership) installing a new engine into the customers car. Needless to
say, the owner (not a happy camper) kindly requested the mechanic not let
the door hit his A** on the way out.
Rick Morrison
72 MGBGT
74 Midget
On Tue, 04 Aug 1998 14:16:52 -0400 "William M. Gilroy"
<wmgilroy@lucent.com> writes:
>Last night I was working on my Midget and removed the carburetor.
>I had my hands full and did not really think about where I placed one
>of the nuts that hold on the carburetor. When I went to reassemble
>it I could not find the one nut. I looked all over my garage from
>10:30
>till 11:30 and the nut is still missing. I am going to have to
>buy/make
>a magnetic parts tray to avoid these problems. For years my mother
>has told me I would forget my head if it was not attached. I won't
>give
>her the pleasure of knowing that she was right.
>
>--
>William M. Gilroy (facing one roadblock after another, many self
>imposed)
>77 Midget (which might run if I can find all the parts)
>Telephone: 732-957-4775
>Fax: 732-957-4775
>
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