[6pack] Fuel pump

[samuelsma at aol.com]

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No sooner did I get my carburetor plumbing straightened out, when I noticed a gas smell under the hood.? I found a leak coming from the fuel pump.? After much examination with a light and a mirror, I isolated the leak to the place where a bolt (10 mm) holds down the dome at the top of the pump.? The leak was around the bolt head.? Tightening the bolt just made the leak much worse.? When I removed the bolt and the dome, gas started pouring out the dome from the fuel line.? I looked for a seal between the bolt head and the dome, but there was just a flat metal washer.? So I added a black rubber O-ring under the washer, and the leak stopped immediately.? The outside of the pump is now bone-dry.? Is this solution OK?

Michael
'76 Tahiti blue
CF57044U
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