Re: My First Post, LBC, and...Problem.

[David Councill <dcouncil@imt.net>]

I disregarded the "odd looking" linkages and hoses because the car is a 
Midget. I figured maybe they are supposed to be a bit different from the B 
and BGT configurations we are accustomed to. But the floats were off to the 
side, much like I would expect in a 1972 or older MG. But I still, for some 
reason, think this later Midget should have a different style carb setup 
than this, I'm just waiting for some of the Midget owners to say something.

The throttle shafts are easy to check - I just see if there is any wobble 
on the brass part protruding from the carb. My 71 BGT's are quite firm 
since they were replaced with new bearings about ten years ago. My 67 BGT, 
however, failed this test although they are not too loose. But I did 
contact Lawrie and I'll eventually have him fix them, whenever I get around 
to taking them off.

David
67 BGT
71 BGT




At 04:51 PM 7/19/00 -0600, James Nazarian Jr wrote:
>They sure look like HS4s except the linkage and hoses are done differently
>than on my two 71Bs.  David came up with a good starting point IMO but the
>problem also sounds  al lot like my worn throttle shaft problem.  I don't
>know of a good way to check the trottle shafts but they would work fine
>much of the time but occasionally (usually when it was imprortant to get
>somewhere) they would leak and the car would run horriblely. For some
>reason they would loose their seal occasionally and would alow far too
>much O2 in for the ammount of gas that the car was suppost to be sending.
>The only solution for this is to have the holes for the shaft bored and
>sleeved. This applies to HS4s, I can't speak for anything else.  Perhaps
>someone will suggest a way to test for this.
>
>James Nazarian
>'71 B roadster
>'71 BGT ever so slowly turning into a V8
>'63 Buick 215
>
>"Aerodynamics are for people who cannot build engines"
>Enzo Ferrari