The problem is 99.9% of all the sealants out there dissolve in gasoline. I
would replace the fiber washers or (you're not gonna believe this) coat them
by rubbing with a bar of soap. Gasoline does not dissolve soap. A sliver of
soap jammed in a bashed gas tank is an old off roader's trick to get home.
Anyway in your case the soap will/should fill between the fibers to prevent
seepage.
Good luck.
Rick
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On Dec 12, 2010, at 12:10, "Jonas Payne" <JPayne@ThorCon.net> wrote:
> Working on the xk150 trying to resolve some leaking/seeping carb issues.
>
> Is there some sort of gasket dressing that can be used to supplement the
> fiber washers?
>
> Car has one of those electric thermostatically controlled "starter
> carbs" instead of a choke.
>
> The car uses HD4's and the starter carb feeds off the bottom (where the
> float bowl would be fastened with 4 screws on the HD8).
>
> There are a total of 5 fiber washers used to connect this thing, and I
> am leaking out of 4 of them.
>
> I am a bit concerned about continuing to tighten the steel fitting into
> the bottom of the aluminum carb in fear of stripping or cracking it.
> (both on the main and starter carb)
>
> Alternatively, apparently these elect starter carbs are such a problem
> that I'm wondering if it may make more sense to fashion a manual choke.
>
>
> Jonas Payne
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