[Tigers] This isn't fun anymore...

[Stu]

I took the Tiger out today for a little cruise with my son driving (don’t
panic, Hagerty, he’s over 25).  When we got home I noticed that the trunk
was a little out of alignment.  The nut on the fixed part of the right side
hinge was loose.  No problem, tighten it up.  Only it wouldn’t tighten.  It
feels like the stud is pulling out of the hinge body.  OK, I may have a
spare hinge, if not, I can probably turn one up.


No big deal, right?  But wait, the fun was just starting.


 I was going to drive it back into the garage.  The key was on a few
seconds while I readjusted the seat from my son’s position.  Then it took
longer than normal to start, then smoke came out from under the hood.  Key
off.  There’s a lot of heat coming out…  I pulled the hood release and
could see flames…   Opening the hood, flames were coming up from the front
of the carb area.  The garden hose was right there, so I gave it a squirt,
cooling everything off, and the flames went out.


 The front of the air cleaner is sort or singed, the element needs an
inspection, the bottom of the hood is black and bubbled right over there,
and there is one huge bubble on the outside of the hood.  Wiring looks OK,
if a bit singed, and the plastic section that joins the choke heater down
pipe to the air cleaner is melted.


After things cooled off, we powered it up again, with the air cleaner off.
The pump was on, but everything was perfect, no fuel coming out anywhere.
It started and ran fine.


So I’m guessing that something is going on in the float bowl, the valve
occasionally sticking open or something.  There had been a couple instances
of brief loss of power, and rough running this summer, so I suspect this is
related.


I cleaned and replaced a lot of stuff in the carb maybe a decade back.
Anybody have any part numbers for rebuild kits that are available today?
What Ford should I tell them I have to get the kit for a stock 260 Tiger
carb?


The fun is going out of this real quick.  Now I’m faced with matching the
paint on the hood ( Imron from 1977), or a whole strip and repaint to get
things to match, since there are too many layers of paint on it now.


How was your day?


Stu
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