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Check your carb! Posted by patquin [Email] (#52) [Profile/Gallery] (more from patquin) on Sun, 12 Sep 2004 10:35:01 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
Yesterday, a friend of mine drove over to my house to proudly show off a 69 Sonett he's restoring. He had just driven it about 300 miles to get it home a few weeks earlier, and had done a bunch of brake work. He asked me to take a look at it for suggestions. After he tilted the hood, I saw a bit of shiny brass at the fuel supply nipple that is press-fit into the front of Solex carb. As I was saying some of those had come loose causing bad fires, it fell off the carb as I was pointing to it! If that had happened earlier, he may have had a very bad experience! So as the old-timers say, please continue to check on those connections periodically. Some folks go so far as to safety-wire the hose clamp to the carb for safe measure.
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