[TR] Carb pot empty

[Jeff Scarbrough]

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Jeff Scarbrough
Corrosion Acres, Ga.

On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 4:26 PM, David Porter <frogeye at porterscustom.com> wrote:
> Moss part # 365-425   number 11 in catalog carb page
>
>
> On 8/12/2016 8:56 AM, Jonas Payne wrote:
>>
>> o-ring is shot allowing oil to seep past it.
>>
>> Jonas Payne
>> PBR Consulting Services, LLC
>> 702.882.6711
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
>> thenicholls at verizon.net
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2016 4:51 PM
>> To: triumphs at autox.team.net
>> Subject: [TR] Carb pot empty
>>
>> Hello list,
>>
>> Have not received any email from the list for weeks, so I am not sure this
>> will get anywhere.
>>
>>
>> 1972 Triumph TR6.  Carbs rebuilt quite a while ago by Paltech.
>>
>>
>> Twice this summer, the first after a long drive to a car show, and just
>> tonight after being away on vacation for two weeks, I go to check the pot
>> oil and the pot oil in the carb towards the front of the car is empty.
>> Dry,
>> zilch.  Fill it up, drive no issues.  In the previous incident, I drove
>> for
>> over two months of the summer and it never happened.
>>
>>
>> Anyone have any insight into what is causing this?  You see no pot oil
>> under
>> the carb so its not leaking.  My thought is that some rubber gasket in
>> that
>> carb has reached its useful life.  Thanks in advance.
>>
>>
>> Craig
>> 1972 Triumph TR6
>>
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