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Old 01-23-2021, 11:45 AM   #13
shew01
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Default Re: Dirty Carburetors

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Originally Posted by JayJay View Post
To see if you have a pencil filter, climb up on the running board and shine a flashlight down the filler neck. You need to stretch a bit but the fitting on the bottom of the tank is pretty easy to see. You can look at the float on your gas gauge wire at the same time to see it it’s falling apart.

Before you remove your sediment bowl, get a new cork gasket so you can replace it. Sometimes the gasket comes off partially stuck to the glass and rips, not much good then. Worth a buck to just plan to put a new one on. Put a towel, bowl or something underneath it to catch the fuel as you loosen the bail. And turn off the gas valve at the tank first (DAHIK)!

JayJay

Really? I’ll need to check that out when my tank is low again.

And, I’ll need to order a cork gasket. I recently ordered a replacement shutoff valve, a pencil filter, and some spare gas lines (in case I need something up when I eventually take it apart in warmer weather), but I didn’t think about the sediment bowl.


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