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Re: Fuel leak on MGTD

To: Bud Krueger <bkrueger@ici.net>
Subject: Re: Fuel leak on MGTD
From: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 19:15:52 -0500
>>       I have a fuel leak around the gasket on the sending unit where it 
>mounts
>> on the fuel tank.   When I replace the gasket should I use some type of
>> sealer on the gasket?  Any advice on any problem that I might have on
>> repairing the leak will be appreciated..

>Hi Jim,
>        I'm Bud Krueger from Plymouth, Mass. I've been fighting the same leaks
>from the sending unit of my '52TD. One big problem - according to the
>folks at Loctite/Permatex, there is NO sealer for use in contact with
>gasoline. 

Go to your friendly Yamaha dealer and ask for a tube of Yamabond.  It is 
designed to survive 
being immersed in gasoline.  Works great.  I've used it to replaced a destroyed 
carb bowl 
gasket among other gasoline things.



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