i had a big scare yesterday after looking at my carbs i noticed 2 of the 6 jets were blocked so i decided to take the webers apart
stripped the first 1 down replaced 1 jet put it back together
started on the 2nd undone al the retaining screws and while lifting the top off with the floats i heard two things drop out
1 fell in the carb and rested on the butterfly no problem easily retrieved
the 2nd could not be found i tried with a magnet but not much luck as the main part was brass and only the ball bearing was steel
could not find it i then had to remove the carbs and manifolds still no sign i pushed the car forward thinking it might be on the floor nothing after 2 hours pulling my hair out and coming to terms with the thought of trying to purchase more carbs as the rebuild kits are impossible to find my carbs are from the talbot tagora and are 40 it i cant even find anything in any search engines about them
i decided to clean out the v of the engine while it was exposed it had a oil water mix in some of the cavities
while cleaning on the right hand bank i think {pots 4,5,&6} near where the funny y shaped metal thingy is, there is a small hole that had a small amount of oil in and while poking around it something dug into my finger
upon further inspection i realised it was the bit i had spent 3 hours looking for
what a relief spent another hour and a half putting it all back together
went for a quick test drive no brakes then remembered the vacumn pipe was disconnected after reconnecting it proceeded driving all was well
it was like being on a rollercoaster i was up i was down i felt sick but what a rush when it was fixed again
alpinerob
