[jwinkler]

The summit box arrived this week with new float needles and gaskets. I put the new needles in, and verified that I couldn't blow air through the fuel inlet of the bowl when I manually pushed the needle closed (bowls removed). I then replaced the bowls, and on the primary, pushing up on the bowl also closed off air completely. On the secondary, I had a tiny bit of air coming through, but not like before. Impatience got the best of me, so I buttoned everything up and put the carb back on the car.

And as soon as the bowls were filled, here comes the flood again, and this time, through the primary boosters too! On top of that, it looks like I've got a leak in the secondary accelerator pump - on top of fuel pouring into the carb (and even a burp of fuel through the bowl vent), fuel was leaking out of the bottom of the secondary (happily not the primary, though).

It SEEMS like the next thing to do is replace the floats now (and the accelerator pump diaphragm), but I'm to the point of giving up and handing it over to professionals (Cooke's Automotive (Austin) is around the corner from us, and has treated the Cobra well for past problems, even tuning the carb idle for free when it was in for a brake problem).

Thanks again for all the help -

JLW