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Re: [TR] Make your own gaskets

To: Kent Shrack <kentshrack@yahoo.com>, triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] Make your own gaskets
From: "Glenn A. Merrell" <StagByTriumph@tscusa.org>
Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 11:11:55 -0600
Kent Shrack wrote:
> So,  We're on our way to our home town Pratt Kansas on Saturday and the TR3 
>starts the sputtering.  It feels like one of the carbs is not getting fuel,... 
>I pull it apart and the rubber gaskets that hold the fuel bowl are way out of 
>shape and expanded from being old and in contact with the gasoline.  I try to 
>re-assemble them but the gaskets are just too far gone. 
> Kent Shrack
Definitely a great survivor story.
You have found that your carb gaskets are not compatible with ethanol, 
and/or TTBE/MTBE.  Both attack seals made with natural rubber

-- 
Glenn A. Merrell
Chairman, Triumph Stag Club USA (2007-2009)
The best trophies are miles on the odometer, stone chips in the paint, dead 
bugs on the windshield!


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