I have been using those style floats for many years on my 66 B. I use small
washers under the jet to adjust the float height. I have them set at 1/8"
with the original lids and I am not sure what you mean by "too high" -- but
I never compared them side-by-side with the original floats, either. At any
rate, they seem to work OK.
on 6/19/02 6:41 PM, F. J. MacFarlane at n5bgy@flash.net wrote:
> I took a look on the archives and found nothing on this topic, so here
> goes...
>
> Anyone had a fit with the new one-piece molded plastic floats (no bendable
> level-arm) that SU's providing these days? No arm to bend = shim the needle
> seat to adjust level I guess (shades of Mikuni and Solex!), which raises a
> question...what's the clearance spec on the new one-piece plastic float when
> used in an original-type float chamber lid? 1/8" (original spec with a
> bendable arm float) appears to me to be way too high for the new floats. Is
> the bottom line just suck it up, pilgrim, and buy a new float chamber lid,
> etc.? Any help would be appreciated, thanks much!
>
> BTW, the head is just about converted (hardened seats, new valves, bronze
> guides, etc.) and I'm pulling the bottom end tomorrow to see why #2 is oily
> (suspect a stuck oil control ring). The bore dimensions appear good enough
> to support a glaze-breaking hone and re-ring, etc., and away I
> go...hopefully!
>
> Life is like pulling the engine apart, you never know what you're going to
> get until you yank the pistons!
>
> F. J. (Lane) MacFarlane
> Houston, TX
>
> 1967 MGB, mileage unknown (the red terror, soon to be named)
> 1982 Plymouth Turismo 2.2 L 98 kmi (the black terror, driven by a teenager
> now, heaven help the clutch!)
> 1985 Plymouth Voyager 2.6 L 144 kmi (the rust-coloured Energizer bunny van,
> it just keeps going...)
> 1994 Plymouth Voyager 3.3 L 121 kmi (the family chariot terror)
> unapologetic PO 1967 English Ford Anglia 123E (Alfie, RIP)
>
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
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