Steve Sutton wrote:
> Sounds like the o-ring around the plug has hardened with age...
> It's a simple job to replace, although you need to remove the float bowl to do
> it, as the plug is plastic (with a brass cap) and you need to *carefully*
> squeeze the inner tangs to release the plug, If you try to pry the plug off
> from the outside you stand a very good change of breaking the plug, and I
> believe it is almost impossible to obtain a replacement plug.
I don't know about other suppliers, but TRF sells these, or at least
did this spring. I bought two for rebuilding a spare set of carbs I
took
off of a junkyard engine. (The originals were no longer serviceable.)
However, they aren't cheap, I seem to recall they were around $7 each...
--ken
'74 TR6, CF27535, 6-month daily driver
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