Okay guys here are some tips for those of you that think you're God's gift to the Skinners Union, like me:
1. The lift pin is important. Remember to put it back in when reassembling the carb. When you forget, don't waste time trying to install it with the carb in the car. It isn't possible. I tried. After loosing 3 circlips I have up and took the carb off. And before you get any silly ideas like 'I don't really need the circlip, I can just sit the pin there', take a second thought. Glad I did - I'm guessing if I'd done that the lift pin would be sucked up!
2. Double check the float lid. I thought mine was working fine, but realised that wasn't so after fuel pissed out the lid. And I spent so long polishing it as well.
3. Only the bride of Satan can use gasket goo. The rest of us infidel should avoid it like the plague. All it achieves is a big mess. I hate the stuff, if you hadn't already guessed (although it is okay to use it on the timing chain cover, but nowhere else!)
After doing all this, and still finding that your freshly rebuilt carb STILL won't work, give up and put the HS2 back on. Upon thinking about how much money rebuilding the carb cost, go inside, find that bottle of double malt scotch you were saving for a rainy day and have a drink. You don't need a glass.
None the less, with the toy carb back on, it still goes alright! I really pissed off a VX Clubsport driver coz my car could pull almost 80km/h through that little roundabout - his couldn't. I had to squint to find him in the mirror