Well, if it's like my 1969 Midget, there is a rubber donut that fits
over the end of the wound-steel protected line. This line should have
a small brass tube in the end to keep it from being crushed. There is
a brass fitting that, when tightend, compresses the donut in the bottom
of the hole in the float bowl, squeezing the end of the tube. I suspect
this is missing or "perished" (don't you love english auto words). It
might be stuck to the bottom of the hole, and when the line is re-inserted,
it is not getting into the hole in the donut.
WARNING: REALLY BAD ASCII ART FOLLOWS
Float bowl body |
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-------^^^^^^^^^ | | <- Brass thingy
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hole for -- ===-------------------------------------------to jet >
fuel in bowl-- ===----------------------------------------------
| { } [vvvvvvvvvvv | ^
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^ | ---- Wound steel protected line
| (note brass stiffener in end)
Rubber donut thingy (cross section)
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