Was just going to say that.
On Nov 27, 2012, at 6:13 PM, Charley & Peggy Robinson wrote:
> Max,
>
> You could have replaced the braided hoses with plain fuel hose, added an
in-line filter under the bonnet and been done with it. Easier than fiddling
with getting the float levels set right with the Grose jets and you'd have
stopped the flow of debris into your carbs too. Might even have been a
cheaper fix.
>
> CR
> On 11/27/2012 11:47 AM, Max Heim wrote:
>> I thought I just saw Grose-jets for HS4 MGB on the Moss USA website.
>>
>> I have been running them for years. The needle valves kept getting clogged
>> with debris, probably because the original braided fuel line was
>> deteriorating from the inside.
>>
>> The Grose-Jets don't have that problem, at least. They did have a problem
>> with the original floats with the long brass hinges -- at a certain engine
>> speed the bouncing balls set up a resonant vibration. This was fixed by
>> substituting the all-plastic floats.
>>
>> I know, replacing all the fuel lines would have been a more direct
solution.
>> But the threaded fitting on the feed pipe had been hacked off by a PO, and
I
>> was waiting to fix everything at once.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Max Heim
>> '66 MGB GHN3L76149
>> If you're near Menlo Park, CA,
>> it's the primer red one with chrome wires
>>
>>
>> on 11/27/12 8:37 AM, Charley & Peggy Robinson at ccrobins@ktc.com wrote:
>>
>>> Funny thing about those theing: Some people swear by them and some
>>> people swear at them. My experience with them puts me in the later
>>> group. :-(
>>>
>>> CR
>>> On 11/26/2012 3:01 PM, Barrie Robinson wrote:
>>>> Folks,
>>>>
>>>> I have 4 Grose Jets SU301 for which I would like to find a nice home -
>>>> Any offers? I was unable to find a price for them - D & G Valve Inc
>>>> do not have a web site - and Moss does not seem to have them ???
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Barrie Robinson
>>>> barrie@look.ca
>>>> 705-721-9060
>>>> MGB GT V8 in great nick
>>>> Aston Martin 1957 DB 2/4 MkII under restoration
>>>> www.britishv8.org/MG/BarrieRobinson.htm
>>>> www.britcot.com
>>>> www.AMFClub.com
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