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Daytona's needle/seat is their own design and well-proven with many years of use in thousands of carburetors running ethanol/gasoline mixtures.
For more info on Viton, see: http://www.dupontelastomers.com/Applications/Automotive/fuel.asp PS - as to how long gasoline with ethanol has been around, long before the Federal mandate when it replaced MTBE, it was found, especially in the midwest, as "gasohol" back into the late 50s, perhaps earlier.
Posted on: 2012/8/30 10:24
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O_D, I agree, the Daytona says their float valve design is their own and superior to tapered or Viton tipped valves. I was merely pointing out the description of the parts and the date on the sheet. The kit looks to be of high quality. I look forward to overhauling my carburetor with it some day. Also, I should have said that 2003 was before the widespread use of ethanol.
This site is all about seeking and obtaining information and helping others. I think we have done that. (o[]o)
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PackardV8 wrote:
Quote: I can cut my own gaskets if needed. Sure beats dropping in kit gasket that is missing a circuit hole or other malodies. A word of warning is in order. When I rebuilt my first 4GC, a mechanic friend noticed the gasket for the fuel bowl to the throttle body that came in the kit was different and offered to cut one that matched what came off the carb. Though the car ran much better, it had a bit of a stumble, but I coulnd't find the problem. Years later, I learned that there was a change in that gasket - that the kit included the corrected version. Apparently that carb had never been rebuilt or updated, in over 60K of use. I installed the gasket from the kit (carefully reusing the air horn gasket), and the problem was solved.
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Good point, but improperly made gaskets are also found in new kits. When I was researching where to get a rebuild kit for the carb on my dad's boat, I read of several horror stories on a name brand kit that had a gasket that covered a port that was supposed to be open. Motors ran very poorly until the issue was discovered. I guess the best advise is to do research on your carb before rebuilding to see if anyone has come across problems with brand X's kit. When I got my kit for the boat, the gasket had been corrected.
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Even if you order a kit based on the actual carburetor number tag, often kits are made to service several different variants so they may have parts not required for one or the other, such as nearly duplicate gaskets. Got to watch carefully what you're doing.
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