Patent ID: 7398962

Claim:
A method of simplifying the changing of the fuel metering jets of a carburetor, the carburetor including a carburetor body, a metering block on the side of the carburetor, a pair of fuel passages located in the metering block, and a float chamber defined in part by the metering block and in part by a float bowl, said method comprising the steps: A. positioning metering jets on the bottom wall of the float bowl, providing a flow path between the metering jets and the fuel passages in the metering block; B. sealing the carburetor body, metering block, and float bowl with gaskets at mating surfaces; C. providing access openings in an upper wall of the float bowl; D. providing access passages in the float for removing the metering jets from the float bowl and replacing the metering jets without the need to remove the float bowl from the metering block and carburetor body.