Thread: Bugger

So I decided to check the float level on the carby (350 Holley).
its a pretty simple process.
In the photo below there is a screw near the top right corner with the slot almost vertical in the side of the fuel bowl.
Remove the screw and if no fuel comes out, the float is not high.
Gently rock the car from side to side, and if fuel sloshes out, the float is just right.
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With trusty screwdriver I undid the screw. Its a surprisingly short screw and in the blink of an eye it dropped onto the inlet manifold. But where did it go
Well, if you look closely, directly below the screw at the bottom of the photo there is a hole in the inlet manifold that is specifically designed to swallow screws and deposit them on the valley cover gasket where no amount of blasphemy and scratching around with bent bits of wire will retrieve it .
The screw is only $5.00 from Hume Performance but they don’t open till the 10th Jan.
So I set the fuel level and put tape over the hole and drove it back into the garage !

This is my fourth British car, 75 Rangie, 85 Rangie, 64 Morris Mini 850, and now my 82 Rangie. I shouldn’t really be surprised should I.

Small piece of mig wire, with a loop bent onto the end, so it fits down the hole and can work an angle. Put some wheel bearing grease on the end and go fishing for brass.

Has worked for me extremely well over many decades. can retrieve all manner of small pins, metalthreads, springs and circlips, washers bolts nuts etc.