Jim Cullen wrote:
>
> What a wonderful day, 30 cm of snow at Whistler, and 40 cm at the local
> mountains. My heart was leaping thinking of cranking some fresh turns on my
> boards, but wait... I look at Jade in the garage, and notice an atypical
> nasty wet spot on the ground. Perhaps, she wanted to make sure I hadn't
> forgot about her. Further inspection reveals a steady (every 20 sec.
> approx.) drip of gas from the bottom plug of the caburettor. I've
> disconnected the fuel feed, and now await help from masters of the list. I
> would really appreciate any insight, because over the past two years that
> I've owned my spit they've been great and I've never had experience with
> other cars carbs. Are there any ideas out there where/why this dripping is
> occuring. I've got the Stromberg CD carb (150 CDSE), which is the stock carb
> (I think).
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Jim Cullen, 1974 Spitfire, aka "Jade"
Jim,
More than likely your carb is leaking from the sealing plug for the float
chamber. Probably needs to have the o-ring replaced as when they go bad
you will lose the seal and get a leak.
Hope that is all it is.
Scott Suhring
Elizabethtown, PA
70 TR6
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