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Re: Carb overflow and Texas cooler

To: "Leonard Berkowitz" <drberkowitz@hotmail.com>, <healeys@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Carb overflow and Texas cooler
From: "Mark and Kathy" <mgtrcars@galaxyinternet.net>
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 06:34:34 -0500
While you were in there did you shake or compare your float weights?

Mark


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leonard Berkowitz" <drberkowitz@hotmail.com>
To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 6:31 PM
Subject: Carb overflow and Texas cooler


>    I posted a message a while back about my carbs overflowing. I assumed
the
> problem was dirt in the float chambers.  All of you who posted responses
> agreed.  I thought I could clear the problem with a can of gum out.
Wrong!
> Today I opened the float chambers and found crud beyond belief.  proceeded
> to clean out the bowls and the car no longer is spitting fuel from the
> overflow tubes.
>    I  also found that my Texas cooler fan was indeed clipping my radiator
as
> many of you on the list have noted.  Not by much,  but enough to cause me
> some concern. The fan really did help keep the engine cool but I would
> rather not ruin the radiator.  I purchased an electric fan from Moss and
> installed that yesterday. It was a fairly easy installation. I hope it
keeps
> the beast cool.
> Driving a Healey is challenging but oh so worth it!
>
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