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Re: I need a 74 carb

To: "John T. Blair" <jblair@exis.net>
Subject: Re: I need a 74 carb
From: "S.G.Schiro" <gschiro@qsky.com>
Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 12:31:30 -0500
My '74 has a carter carb.  Don't know if that is the original.  By the
way, this may have been asked before, but does anyone know if the
Bricklin windscreen glass was a special for the Bricklin or from another
vehicle?

George Schiro


John T. Blair wrote:
> 
> At 02:13 PM 5/1/98 PDT, K M wrote:
> >Does anyone have one lying around.  The boddy of mine needs some help
> >right where the accellerator jets are.  For some reason the gas, besides
> >tracking through the jets as it's supposed to, also spluges up through a
> >hole right between the bores.  It seems like the hole is supposed to be
> >there but is supposed to be blocked or something. Anyway, if there is a
> >carb available for a reasonable pittance, I will just switch that part
> >out.
> 
> Kim,
> 
>    That seems to be a problem with the 74 carbs.  At least I  had the
> same problem on the 74 that I'm working on.  The owner took the carb
> to a local carb overhaul shop and got it back working perfectly.  No
> more shooting a jet of fuel streight up in the air.
> 
> John
> 
> John T. Blair  WA4OHZ          email:  jblair@exis.net
> Va. Beach, Va                  Phone:  (757) 495-8229
> 
>               48 TR1800    65 Morgan 4/4 Series V
> 71 Saab Sonett III     75 Bricklin SV1     77 Spitfire


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