Re: Carb rebuild II

Posted by Jim Kavanagh On 2009/7/27 13:39:16

Spent the weekend pulling this off and re-installing several times. I think I have the float where I want it. No leakage into the throat or onto the throttle plates.

I still get a very small seepage from the two jet plugs. This has been a problem since the rebuild. I finally replaced the gaskets from the kit with the old ones (which appeared to be the same, and were undamaged) and it really improved the situation.

I get no leakage at all while running. Even for a couple hours after shutting down, no problems. But, by morning, there is a small amount of gas on the manifold and the plugs are wet to the touch. Very frustrating. I did not "kill" these screws, but they are tight. I am thinking of using two gaskets per screw (I think I used to do this a long, long time ago...) by logically, I can't see how that should help, and it seems like it should make it worse.

Is there anything I can do, use or add that will seal these screws up? I am thinking a little teflon tape, but I don't think that will work for gas.