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Re: Help with Spitfire 4 HS2s

To: ZoboHerald@aol.com
Subject: Re: Help with Spitfire 4 HS2s
From: Donald H Locker <dhlocker@comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2004 20:00:06 -0400
What Paul said.  Also check that there is only onle sealing ring on the 
nut.  An extra one can pinch off the fuel.

Donald.

ZoboHerald@aol.com wrote:
> Help! :-)
>  
> Anyone know if I can easily obtain an "off the shelf" (i.e., local hardware  
> store) substitute for the o-ring or rubber gasket (or whatever it is) under 
> the  nut on the pipe from the jet to the float bowl? If so, what?
>  
> This is for a Spitfire 4 with SU HS2s. It was running  beautifully, but I 
> noticed very slow drip of fuel from the nut. Tightening it  carefully seemed 
>to 
> stop the drip, but it also seems to have pretty much closed  off the supply 
>of 
> fuel to the jet. Not good.
>  
> I really don't want to buy an entire rebuild kit for one little tiny bit.  So 
> any advice is appreciated!  
> 
> --Andy  Mace
> 
> *Mrs Irrelevant: Oh, is it a jet?
> *Man: Well, no ... It's not so  much of a jet, it's more your, er,
> Triumph Herald engine with  wings.
> -- Cut-price Airlines Sketch, Monty Python's Flying Circus  (22)





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