[TR] ZS Carbs leak

[Paul Tegler]

even amazon carries a variety of real BUNA rubber, and / or viton 
o-rings that can handle the ethanol in gas these days.
Just measure and order.

ptegler

On 12/9/2022 8:52 PM, Alex & Janet Thomson wrote:
>
> I had fuel leaking from the plastic plugs on the bottom of the carbs 
> on the GT6 MK lll that we used to own. The raw fuel would land right 
> on top of the starter. A call to Joe Curto resulted in a pair of 
> replacement O-Rings arriving in the mail. He mentioned that the rubber 
> used in standard O-Rings doesn’t hold up well with today’s gasoline. 
> That solved the problem for us.
>
> Alex Thomson
>
> ’73 TR6
>
> *From:*Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] *On Behalf Of 
> *dave northrup
> *Sent:* Friday, December 09, 2022 8:15 PM
> *To:* triumphs at autox.team.net
> *Subject:* [TR] ZS Carbs leak
>
> TR6 - The bottom of the carbs have gas on them; I can feel it when I 
> run my fingers along the bottom.
>
> Replaced all the bottom stuff a few years ago.  TR6 was driven from 
> Dallas to Reno in April; no gas smell in daughter’s garage in Reno.  
> Was driven in May and August in Reno (see Hot August Nights!) but no 
> smell.  Was driven from Reno to Taos to Dallas; seems like that is 
> when the problem started.
>
> Any thoughts on where I should start?  Its probably either the seal in 
> the float chamber or the seal on the very bottom?  If I put a mirror 
> down there what am I looking for?
>
>
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