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    Quote Originally Posted by Crepitus View Post
    Just the floats. They are probably heavier than they should be and not floating. This is a bigger problem than it sounds like. If they don't float you engine doesn't get enough gas.
    ok thanks, I'll get the rebuild kit and see if that makes a difference.
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    i remember working on the webers in my first mg.

    sucked

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    Quote Originally Posted by del View Post
    i remember working on the webers in my first mg.

    sucked
    Ugh I HATE webbers.

    Still got my mercury rods though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mechanic View Post
    Well I am new, Ha ha. Been on lots of forums and usually get banned cause i tell it like it is. I hope to change that here.
    Welcome Mechanic, and I think you may find that this place is a bit different. The mods are very tolerant, and there is big membership involvement with the running.

    AFIK, no one gets banned for telling the truth - if you can respect the few rules (no trolling, no personal attacks, and posting in good faith,) there is almost no chance you will get banned.

    I hope you enjoy your stay here.

    BTW, I think I might enjoy becoming a mechanic when I leave school (cos I like mechanical things, and I pull apart and service my model aero-engines often,) but I don't think my mouldies will allow that - I have to go to university and take up a profession.
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    Quote Originally Posted by William View Post
    Welcome Mechanic, and I think you may find that this place is a bit different. The mods are very tolerant, and there is big membership involvement with the running.

    AFIK, no one gets banned for telling the truth - if you can respect the few rules (no trolling, no personal attacks, and posting in good faith,) there is almost no chance you will get banned.

    I hope you enjoy your stay here.

    BTW, I think I might enjoy becoming a mechanic when I leave school (cos I like mechanical things, and I pull apart and service my model aero-engines often,) but I don't think my mouldies will allow that - I have to go to university and take up a profession.
    Mechanic is a profession.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Crepitus View Post
    Ugh I HATE webbers.

    Still got my mercury rods though.
    the only thing worse was troubleshooting the electrical

    now i'm wondering why i got a second mg and then an austin healey.

    glutton for punishment

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    Hey @Crepitus - sorry to be a pain in the ass, I looked up a bunch of rebuild kits and none of them seemed to have floats in them. Googled floats and couldn't find them in parts but I didn't scour the net yet.

    This is a common replacement kit out there for a Yamaha Grizzly 660 carb:

    https://www.amazon.com/XLJOY-Rebuild...or+rebuild+kit

    If finding the right kit is a pain in the ass, I'm thinking about just getting the whole carb for what it costs.
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    Quote Originally Posted by del View Post
    the only thing worse was troubleshooting the electrical

    now i'm wondering why i got a second mg and then an austin healey.

    glutton for punishment
    Oh if you like chasing shorts you gotta get a Jag! They accidentally invented the intermittent windshield wipers you know. Bump/sweep..................bump/sweep............................bump/sweep.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Crepitus View Post
    Mechanic is a profession.
    Lol, not according to my mum and dad.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Crepitus View Post
    Oh if you like chasing shorts you gotta get a Jag! They accidentally invented the intermittent windshield wipers you know. Bump/sweep..................bump/sweep............................bump/sweep.
    i had an xk140 back in the late 70's

    beautiful car and on the occasions when it actually ran right, a dream to drive

    they invented intermittent everything for that car, though

    a friend told me the reason is that the brits kept using natural rubber for insulation from their former colonies when everyone else went to synthetic.

    either way, the two happiest days of a jag owner are the same as a boat owners, imo.

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