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Old Aug 14th, 2023, 23:35   #4
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Originally Posted by johnny diamond View Post
it is flat, with a slightly protruding centre as you look up from underneath,I have re adjusted the float tab and now the engine run's but left on tick over it will cut out after a min, I have ordered a pressure gauge and regulator as I had suspected too high pump pressure so will test that before proceeding. what is the significance of the flat bottomed float chamber Clan,??
It is pierberg then, a 2.3 engine around 1979? The most trouble some carb, when neglected , It will need a new white plastic float retaining bracket, needle and jet, and that black U shape small bore pipe on the outside and the valve it fits to,
and float chamber gasket of course.
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