Fellow Listers,
First the good news. The '78 Spit that I got almost 2 weeks ago (originally
as a parts car) is alive!!! I just pushed it into the driveway today to look
at it for the first time. It was garaged for 2 years after the PO had it
towed. The problem was a bad starter. The battery cable was shorting out on
the case. Piece of cake. Compression is 120-125. After a little
encouragement it fired up and ran pretty smooth.
But, just about when I was ready to drive it around the block I noticed that
there was a large amount of gas in a steady stream comming out of the bottom
of the carb (Single Zenith Strom). It was comming out from around a round
brass plug of sorts at the bottom of the carb. This brass plug is very loose
and it seems like it should have an O ring or something to seal it. I could
find no way of tightening it up from the outside of the carb. My other car
has a Webber, so this is my first encounter with this type of carb. Any help
would be appreciated.
Thanks,
David Gates
'73 Spitfire 1500
'78 Spitfire 1500
Hawaii
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