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I had a problem with several vacuum tanks the car would run fine for a while and then it would shut off and it would be out of gas in the vacuum tank . The problem turned out to be the brass seats were coming out of the housing in the top cover of the tank . These are the 2 brass seat that the needle valves go in and out of as the float in the tank moves up and down. I even sent the tank to a person that rebuilds them and he said the tank was fine. Well he was wrong

I had the same problem with those brass seats coming loose. I replaced the top with a reproduction new one.

David,
could this problem also occur with my 1924 Vacuum Tank?? However, in this discussion I still don't understand exactly which brass seats we are talking about here.
I completely rebuilt my vacuum tank and installed the repair kit. Only
I couldn't remove the parts in the top cover (vacuum valve), but I tested it for functionality using negative pressure.

Karl