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Re: [oletrucks] Re: Leaking Rochester 1bbl. Any cure?

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Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Re: Leaking Rochester 1bbl. Any cure?
From: tim <lloydt@Colorado.EDU>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 14:18:48 -0700
On Jan 28, 2004, at 8:59 am, Brian Davis wrote:

> I too have had many leaky rochesters. Someone from one
> of these lists or the stovebolt page told me that
> after a rebuild to soak the carb in a coffe can full
> of gas overnight before you install it. I took the
> leaking carb off my '49 and did just that. It has been
> two years now and it still does not leak. Brian

It's been a while since I took a class on Materials, but I'm having 
trouble seeing just what that would do.

Tim Lloyd, lloydt@colorado.edu
http://54peanut.blogspot.com
1954 Chevy 3100 Pickup "Peanut"
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