Saving Old Seagulls

Cheers charlesp, yeah that is just what it was, like I said in my second post... you must have been typing at just the same time!!!

Thanks again!

Sitting here looking at the carb again, I see that the float is meant to engage on a recess on the needle, mine had riden high, so I think Ive sorted it!

Hello every one, first post on hear so thanks for any help in advance...

I am looking at a Silver Century, is fitted with the amal 2 jet carb, my question is, should there be a gasket/shim fitted under the float chamber cap? I know it isn't shown on the drawing (SOS website).

The reason for asking ...