When you say "brass rod", you mean "brass tube", don't you? <g>
Good idea.
Tom Zuchowski
'61 Bugeye
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> From: Curtis Carlson <carlson@navtech.com>
> To: chasdoug@gte.net; spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
> Subject: Re: SU Carb -- Float Leaking
> Date: Monday, June 29, 1998 10:10 AM
>
> Mine did this on my Sprite MKIII last year. Decided to do it in the
middle of
> our funkhana and spurted gasoline directly onto the exhaust pipe! Yikes!
No
> fire, but I was scared S**tless!
>
> Anyway, check to make sure the float bowl isn't hanging up. If the float
> sticks down, it doesn't shut off the fuel flow with the needle valve, and
the
> fuel flows out through the overflow hole just under the fuel inlet when
the
> pump continues to push fuel. The float should move freely, and there
should be
> no burrs on the float axle. If you have an original float, I would
consider
> replacing the floats and axles. Also, you can remove the aluminum
deflector
> over the overflow hole, and insert a small brass rod, to which you can
attach
> an overflow hose draining safely away from the exhaust pipe and onto the
> ground. It's good insurance.
>
> Curt
>
>
>
> On Jun 28, 8:09pm, chasdoug@gte.net wrote:
> > Subject: SU Carb -- Float Leaking
> > The rear float of my HS2's is leaking on occasion. Actually, leaking
is
> > an understatement. It's pumping out significant quantities of gas --
> > ooops -- petrol.
> >
> > If I take the lid off and fiddle with the gasket and put the lid back
> > on, it seems to dry up for awhile, but it starts dumping again
> > eventually. Or, if I remove the gas line and reconnect it, it
sometimes
> > goes away for awhile.
> >
> > Since I'm not really fixing anything, and since it _looks_ like the gas
> > is actually coming out of the top (underneath the gas line), I'm
> > starting to think there must be something else wrong.
> >
> > Is there some kind of overflow? What causes it to need to overflow?
Or
> > is my gasket technique that bad?
> >
> > Help?
> >
> > Chas Douglass -- Seattle WA
> >
> >-- End of excerpt from chasdoug@gte.net
>
>
>
> --
> Curtis Carlson
> '66 Austin Healey Sprite MkIII ("Gerty")
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