[Shop-talk] snow blower fuel fitting

Donald H Locker dhlocker at comcast.net
Sun May 17 16:20:11 MDT 2020


Oh. I see. The new part is adjacent the old in the photo. Then it would
appear to be pressed or otherwise not-threaded. Brazed? I'm baffled.

Donald.
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On 2020-05-17 6:18 p.m., Donald H Locker wrote:
> That sure looks like it's threaded in. Perhaps a stud remover could get
> a grip on it.
> 
> Donald.
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> On 2020-05-17 2:27 p.m., Tim . via Shop-talk wrote:
>> I finally tracked down the fuel leak that two different shops failed to
>> find/fix....the idiots. 
>>
>> My problem is I can't get the metal part of the old fitting out. It
>> appears to be a press in. At least, based on the look of the new part
>> anyway. I put vise grips on the old part and it won't budge. 
>>
>> Any thoughts on why I can't get the old part out?
>>
>> thanks
>> tim


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