[Spridgets] And what holds the fuel inlet in place??

[brian S]

Lester,

Just ran into this on my Bugeye.
After an engine swap, during a test run, smelled gas.
Opened hood and noticed that the fuel line had pulled out of the front carb.
It is a press fit.
I was at Kevin V's, and he suggested that we just Loc-tite it into place.
Been a couple of weeks and it's holding fine.
Other than that, one could epoxy it into place or
you'd have to replace the float bowl lid.


Brian S.
Bugeyeracer finally resto'ed!
Thanks to Frank C.!


> From: oldsaabguy at comcast.net
> Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2012 12:22:37 -0500
> To: bugeye at yahoogroups.com; spridgets at autox.team.net
> Subject: [Spridgets] And what holds the fuel inlet in place??
>
> Hi all,
>
> so in the ongoing effort to fix the fuel delivery pipes on my Bugeye I
found
> that one of the brass inlet pipes to the float bowl is loose and leaking
fuel.
> Can someone tell me if those are press fit or some other system.  In other
> words, do I just tap it firmly in place to stop the leak or is it threaded?
>
> Thanks,
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