I seem to recall a few years ago that Justin Wagner was developing a
silicone gasket for oil pans. Did that ever happen?
Johnnie
> -----Original Message-----
> From: triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:triumphs-
> bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Randall
> Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 4:47 PM
> Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [TR] Oil pan leak
>
> > There is a seal around the push rod in the fuel pump that
> > keeps oil out of the vent hole and fuel out of the oil (in
> > the event of a leaky diaphram). It may be missing or
> > defective. The fuel pump rebuild kit that I bought from TRF
> > included a new seal.
>
> Just to expand on that a bit, those seals were not included in the
> rebuild
> kits for a long time. IIRC, even the kit I got in an 'AC' box didn't
> have
> it. (I found an old brake cylinder seal to use instead.)
>
> I also recently got a kit from TRF that included the seal; but perhaps
> other
> vendors are still selling kits without the seal.
>
> -- Randall
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