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The breather pipe on mine is on the top of the passenger side, you can feel it whilst it fitted to the car, but iy has to come off to be fixed.

All fuel removed & more importantly it has to be completely dry inside & vented free of fumes before being brazed / welded to be repaired properly

Not sure about a 2.8 tank but when we refurbed my 3.0 one, after prepping & painting it, it was corroded / pitted around the breather pipe on the top surface of the tank which when filled leaked.

Had to have the tank removed & had it repaired properly

Hi Nick,

You have e-mail

Cheers

Gary

Have a look at this recent thread

viewtopic.php?f=10&t=52838&p=369499&hilit=carb#p369491

Hope that helps

Only £1600 …… where do I sign …… maybe not

Evening all, glad I wasn't going completely doolally :D & had not intended to pee on anyones parade ;) Don't know if this link works without having to log onto Capri Power, mine is a March 81 3.0 Ghia so I bought the January, February & March brochures off eBay when I bought the car 5 years ...

Excellent info there but isn't yours a 3.0 ?

That brochure is for the later model range when the 2.8's replaced the 3.0 & the range was trimmed from the previous L, GL, S & Ghia etc or did I misunderstand what you were after ?

Knowing how much effort went into the book & the subject matter being on my wavelength, its one of those books I need to take my time to read & absorb it properly, in stages of course ;) …. even I cant eat an elephant in one sitting :xd: I'm confident I will read it quicker than it took to w...

Did I dream it or were there more Mk3 3.0 Ghia's made / sold than 3.0 S's ?

Could be Rioja fuelled beffuddleness

I do indeed have your book Steve, the posh version at that too …… though sadly I have had precious little time to get very far into it, it will however not be an ornament, I will get to it properly one of these days

Have to agree, one of the reasons I sort out a mk3 Ghia over a "S" model was the look & feel of the interior, so pleased when I found my 81 Cobalt Blue with blue Verona interior

Quality

Never realised it was one mans idea, fair play to him for the manuals, they have helped many including myself over the years & befuddled a few too

ESSEXV6ESSEX wrote:38 years old today.

38 years ago my car was first registered so to celebrate I am going to buy some parts. Not sure what yet but something.

Congratulations mate

Another month & Biscuit will also be 38 on March 10th

Happy to help mate, if the carb performs half as good as it looks when its done, you should be fine

let us know how you get on

I bought a brand new one from a very reputable UK dealer when mine was undergoing its little cough, err polish up :shock: , cough , no slight on them intended. It was brand new & regardless of which mixture or adjustment screw was wound all the way in or out, it made bugger all difference, selle...

I bought a second hand Weber 38 DGAS off a chap on this forum about 12 months ago & sent it here https://www.weber-carbs.co.uk/ Made a real nice job of refurbing it, I cant tell you if it works as I bought it as a spare so its not been fitted, hopefully never. drop him an e-mail or call him, he ...

I'd take the squeaky voice if I could keep his car collection Steve

Meant to say before, nice write up in the mag

I had to look twice, thought it was Chris Evans

I'll forgive you

I haven't watched it for years, too bloody depressing, even the wife hasn't watched it for 5 years plus, it gets instantly switched over should it accidently find itself sullying our screen