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Re: adjustment of plastic floats in SU HS carbs

To: Dirk de Boer <deboer@duke.usask.ca>
Subject: Re: adjustment of plastic floats in SU HS carbs
From: Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 20:23:38 +0000
Dirk de Boer wrote:
> 
> Just received replacement floats for my SU HS carbs on the 66 MGB. Unlike
> the old ones, the replacements are all plastic so there is no arm to bend.
> The question is: do I set the clearance to 1/8" between the lid and the
> float using washers under the needle valve or are the floats shaped so that
> they don't need adjusting?
> 
> I have some new, appropriate washers from a S.U. rebuild kit I bought years
> ago for the Volvo wagon
> 
> Dirk

Not done it but I hear washers is the way to go.

PS.  At the risk of being non-PC, did you hear about the asylum inmate that 
broke 
into a laundry, raped the washer women and escaped?  Headline in the paper next 
day 
was 'Nut screws washers and bolts'.

PPS.  Saw a good quote quote the other day: "Viagra is for male impotence.  The 
female orgasm pill is for male incompetance."



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