Andy....
Dig through your local 'big' hardware (Home Depot, Lowes, etc)
store in the bathroom section. The o-rings for some of the
faucets will work just fine. The red ones are viton(sp?) and will
not fall apart with gas contact.
Paul Tegler
ptegler@cablespeed.com
www.teglerizer.com
----- Original Message -----
From: <ZoboHerald@aol.com>
To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>; <Triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 4:27 PM
Subject: Help with Spitfire 4 HS2s
> Help! :-)
>
> Anyone know if I can easily obtain an "off the shelf" (i.e., local
hardware
> store) substitute for the o-ring or rubber gasket (or whatever it is)
under
> the nut on the pipe from the jet to the float bowl? If so, what?
>
> This is for a Spitfire 4 with SU HS2s. It was running beautifully, but I
> noticed very slow drip of fuel from the nut. Tightening it carefully
seemed to
> stop the drip, but it also seems to have pretty much closed off the
supply of
> fuel to the jet. Not good.
>
> I really don't want to buy an entire rebuild kit for one little tiny bit.
So
> any advice is appreciated!
>
> --Andy Mace
>
> *Mrs Irrelevant: Oh, is it a jet?
> *Man: Well, no ... It's not so much of a jet, it's more your, er,
> Triumph Herald engine with wings.
> -- Cut-price Airlines Sketch, Monty Python's Flying Circus (22)
>
> Check out the North American Triumph Sports 6 (Vitesse 6) and Triumph
Herald
> Database at its new URL: _http://triumph-herald.us_
> (http://triumph-herald.us/)
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