Category Archives: Gasoline: old, new, problems

Troubleshooting and replacing Float Valve and Floats in HS4 SU Carb in a Triumph Spitfire

I was driving down the road doing the first 500 mile breakin after getting it rebuilt. It was running fine, then all of a sudden the engine was running poorly. I was afraid, having heard of bad CAMs on the … Continue reading

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Starting a Spitfire after 21 years in a garage – dealing with the old gas in tank/line

Opened the gas cap, and whew it stank.  No idea how much gas in the tank, as the sender/gauge was not working, but less than 1/3rd of a tank. I imagined and feared that the whole fuel system was gummed up.  Here … Continue reading

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