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Jim Cates · 11-18-2015, 03:02 AM

Parts catalog show passage plugs for Zenith
none for tillotson what other methods could be used?
T I A Jim

mrtexas · 11-18-2015, 06:41 AM

Passage plugs for tilly are lead balls. I make the plugs out of thick solder I pound into the passages.

https://sites.google.com/site/mrtexa...ly-carburetors

katy · 11-18-2015, 03:45 PM

You could run a tap in, 6-32 or 8-32, whatever fits, and install set screws.

Dick Deegan · 11-19-2015, 09:49 PM

Yup, I do the same thing. No leaks and I have done three carbs in the same way.

Dick

Wick · 11-22-2015, 06:02 AM

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I use old lead Split shot from fishing.

11-18-2015, 03:02 AM	#1
Jim Cates Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 8	Tillotson carb. Parts catalog show passage plugs for Zenith none for tillotson what other methods could be used? T I A Jim

11-18-2015, 06:41 AM	#2
mrtexas Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Sugar Land, TX Posts: 4,395	Re: Tillotson carb. Passage plugs for tilly are lead balls. I make the plugs out of thick solder I pound into the passages. https://sites.google.com/site/mrtexa...ly-carburetors Last edited by mrtexas; 11-18-2015 at 06:50 AM.

11-18-2015, 03:45 PM	#3
katy Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Red Deer, Alberta Posts: 5,046	Re: Tillotson carb. You could run a tap in, 6-32 or 8-32, whatever fits, and install set screws. __________________ If you don't hear a rumor by 10 AM, start one!. Got my education out behind the barn!

11-19-2015, 09:49 PM	#4
Dick Deegan Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 527	Re: Tillotson carb. Yup, I do the same thing. No leaks and I have done three carbs in the same way. Dick

11-22-2015, 06:02 AM	#5
Wick Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Gwynn's Island Va Posts: 1,386	Re: Tillotson carb. Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) I use old lead Split shot from fishing.