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Re: [6pack] carb leak

To: Robert Lang <lang@isis.mit.edu>, Steve Kirsis
Subject: Re: [6pack] carb leak
From: emanteno@comcast.net
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:27:12 +0000
-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: Robert Lang <lang@isis.mit.edu> 

> On Wed, 24 Oct 2007, Steve Kirsis wrote: 
> 
> > Randy, there is, for lack of a better term, a "plug" at the bottom of the 
> > bowl. You can see it with a mirror. The "O" ring around this plug is 
>probably 
> > the culprit. Maybe some -one will tell us why the "plug" is there. Steve 
> 
> The "plug" is there because earlier versions of the carb had an 
> adjustable jet. So the casting is the same as the old carbs, but we get a 
> plug (and only fine tuning on the mixture - if there's any adjustment at 
> all). 

However, there is a version of the 175 Strombergs that do not have a plug on 
the bottom. I got replacement bowls from Joe Curto (NFI). There is no hole in 
the casting and no need for a plug. The source carbs may be from a mg.

Irv Korey
74 TR6 CF22767U
Highland Park, IL




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