Subject: [Spridgets] Phantom Fix

From: Michael MacLean via Spridgets <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2020 01:36:27 +0000 (UTC)

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as you may remember my Bugeye stopped running after sitting for a few weeks=
.=C2=A0 I had spark and fuel was going up to the carb.=C2=A0 It still acted=
 fuel starved though.=C2=A0 At that time I took my single HIF44 carb apart =
and cleaned it.=C2=A0 I thought the ethanol in the gas had left residue blo=
cking the fuel.=C2=A0 So, yesterday I started it up and it seemed to run OK=
.=C2=A0 I backed it out of the garage and only got a hundred feet or so bef=
ore it died and refused to start again.=C2=A0 This morning at 8 AM I pulled=
 the carb off again for a more thorough cleaning.=C2=A0 All fuel passage wa=
ys were clear.=C2=A0 There was no reason for the car to act fuel starved ag=
ain.=C2=A0 I reassembled the carb and put it back in.=C2=A0 The car runs fi=
ne now, but I don't know why.=C2=A0 Go figure.Mike MacLean

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as you may remember my Bugeye stopped running after sitting for a few weeks=
.&nbsp; I had spark and fuel was going up to the carb.&nbsp; It still acted=
 fuel starved though.&nbsp; At that time I took my single HIF44 carb apart =
and cleaned it.&nbsp; I thought the ethanol in the gas had left residue blo=
cking the fuel.&nbsp; So, yesterday I started it up and it seemed to run OK=
.&nbsp; I backed it out of the garage and only got a hundred feet or so bef=
ore it died and refused to start again.&nbsp; This morning at 8 AM I pulled=
 the carb off again for a more thorough cleaning.&nbsp; All fuel passage wa=
ys were clear.&nbsp; There was no reason for the car to act fuel starved ag=
ain.&nbsp; I reassembled the carb and put it back in.&nbsp; The car runs fi=
ne now, but I don't know why.&nbsp; Go figure.<div id=3D"yMail_cursorElemen=
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From: derf via Spridgets <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2020 20:51:17 -0500

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Ethanol eats certain kinds of rubber and absorbs water like a sponge.  It
doesn't really clog jets and stuff more than debris does.
You might have had some bad gas or some water in the gas.

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> as you may remember my Bugeye stopped running after sitting for a few
> weeks.  I had spark and fuel was going up to the carb.  It still acted fuel
> starved though.  At that time I took my single HIF44 carb apart and cleaned
> it.  I thought the ethanol in the gas had left residue blocking the fuel.
> So, yesterday I started it up and it seemed to run OK.  I backed it out of
> the garage and only got a hundred feet or so before it died and refused to
> start again.  This morning at 8 AM I pulled the carb off again for a more
> thorough cleaning.  All fuel passage ways were clear.  There was no reason
> for the car to act fuel starved again.  I reassembled the carb and put it
> back in.  The car runs fine now, but I don't know why.  Go figure.
> Mike MacLean
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Ethanol eats certain kinds of rubber and absorbs water lik=
e a sponge.=C2=A0 It doesn&#39;t really clog jets and stuff more than debri=
s does.=C2=A0=C2=A0<br>You might have had some bad gas or some water in the=
 gas.=C2=A0=C2=A0</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" clas=
s=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, Jul 12, 2020 at 8:37 PM Michael MacLean via Spridg=
ets &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">[email-masked]=
t</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin=
:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"=
>as you may remember my Bugeye stopped running after sitting for a few week=
s.=C2=A0 I had spark and fuel was going up to the carb.=C2=A0 It still acte=
d fuel starved though.=C2=A0 At that time I took my single HIF44 carb apart=
 and cleaned it.=C2=A0 I thought the ethanol in the gas had left residue bl=
ocking the fuel.=C2=A0 So, yesterday I started it up and it seemed to run O=
K.=C2=A0 I backed it out of the garage and only got a hundred feet or so be=
fore it died and refused to start again.=C2=A0 This morning at 8 AM I pulle=
d the carb off again for a more thorough cleaning.=C2=A0 All fuel passage w=
ays were clear.=C2=A0 There was no reason for the car to act fuel starved a=
gain.=C2=A0 I reassembled the carb and put it back in.=C2=A0 The car runs f=
ine now, but I don&#39;t know why.=C2=A0 Go figure.<div id=3D"gmail-m_26694=
19829427975842yMail_cursorElementTracker_1594604167881">Mike MacLean<br><br=
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From: Robert Duquette via Spridgets <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2020 08:29:03 -0400

LBCs act up if they feel like they’re being ignored.  ;)

Robert

> On Jul 12, 2020, at 9:36 PM, Michael MacLean via Spridgets <[email-masked]> wrote:
> 
> as you may remember my Bugeye stopped running after sitting for a few weeks.  I had spark and fuel was going up to the carb.  It still acted fuel starved though.  At that time I took my single HIF44 carb apart and cleaned it.  I thought the ethanol in the gas had left residue blocking the fuel.  So, yesterday I started it up and it seemed to run OK.  I backed it out of the garage and only got a hundred feet or so before it died and refused to start again.  This morning at 8 AM I pulled the carb off again for a more thorough cleaning.  All fuel passage ways were clear.  There was no reason for the car to act fuel starved again.  I reassembled the carb and put it back in.  The car runs fine now, but I don't know why.  Go figure.
> Mike 
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From: David Ambrose via Spridgets <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2020 00:47:44 -0700

> LBCs act up if they feel like they’re being ignored.  ;)

Don't anthropomorphize British cars. It annoys them.

Cheers,
Dave

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