Sweet Stag music again !

[Paul Goldsmith]

I finally fitted the new battery & changed the oil, after an 8 month lay up I took care to fully prime the system before reconnecting the king lead from the coil. With just a little choke she started right away and was sounding sweet !!

However on smelling a fuel leak I had to turn off and investigate. I thought things were cured once I'd sorted the union of the tube into the rubber pipe just before the fuel filter (leaking nicely onto the wiper motor !). Upon restarting, still a strong fuel smell - ah, the water in the vee wasn't the water pump seal but fuel peeing out of the bottom of the n/s car (the o/s carb seems fine).

I guess something's stuck or perished - there seems to be resistance in the dashpot, what other checks should I carry out ?

Cheers

[Paul Goldsmith]

Found up on some older posts in the forum and took another look.

Issue is no longer present but concerned it could reoccur until root cause resolved, guess will need to keep a close eye on things

[virgin26]

I too have just fired mine up after a 5 month lay up, I keep my Stag in an NCP car in central London which My company leases but knows one uses the space
My journey home back to Essex was epic.

[uzbek]

Mine leaked like this-it was the float chamber gasket that the PO had bodged with mastic. I also renewed the needle valves as this is a common cause too-although actually probably not in my case.

I found details (and helpful tips) on here and on YouTube.

Not hard to do.

[Paul Goldsmith]

I too have just fired mine up after a 5 month lay up, I keep my Stag in an NCP car in central London which My company leases but knows one uses the space
My journey home back to Essex was epic.

Nice one ! My first journey will be to the MOT station - I'm hoping that won't be too epic (or expensive !)

BTW : Started her again this morning and no petrol leaking from the carbs. Hoorah !