Gee Craig,
Did you ever get to the bottom of your Carb problem?
If not let us know.
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My 2 cents Re Spitfire Support, my wife Pat is VERY into the car hobby
too. She has helped me with repairs (a model of patience, that woman) and
has driven the Spit to work during British Car Week (I can't, I have to
drive a company van). When I announce a parts purchase, she buys some new
clothes! (Only fair, right?)
Our 'family helpers' include four cats that love to play with the hardware
and tools, and redistribute them in random order and inaccessable places.
They also help by rolling in spilled fluids, and effectively mopping them
up! Quality control is a priority with these critters, as they climb over
the project at hand to verify that the work has been done properly.
Wish I could teach one of them to pump the pedal when the brakes need a
bleed. <sigh>
Atwell Haines
'79 Spitfire (with hair on the upholstery)
"Cars 'n' Cats = At & Pat"
At 07:37 PM 1/5/99 -0500, Craig wrote:
>
>The question is,
>I actually tried to start it last weekend before the Ice storm and I have a
>carb problem.
>I removed the top and found out that I had the diaphragm in wrong plus the
>piston was turned with the holes facing the side of the carb not toward the
>intake. I fixed that, the car still won't run without giving it a shot of
>raw fuel down the throat. I choked it, (not the wife) and I must have a
>float setting wrong. Fuel poured from the bowl area. When I got the rebuild
>kit there was a silver colored washer and a rubber washer that looked like
>it should go under the brass cutoff for the floats. I only put in the Silver
>one. I set the float level at 11/16" like it said but I still don't have
>something set correctly.
>
>Craig Smith
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