Carb problem

[andrew34ruby]

Hi Tony,
Were you running at high speed then got a sudden loss of power and misfire ?
I have had the above symptoms which cleared after ticking over for a short while.
In my case I found out that it was the carb icing up.

Carb icing can be quite amazing, has to be seen to be believed. It happens on cold days but especially on cold damp days. Never mind a bit of frost on the outside of the carb, I have seen cars where the intake of the carb is a large ball of ice.

Not ice this time, but a cortina that a friend was foxed by had a dead fly floating around in the float chamber.