Geo Hahn wrote:
> What is a good choice for the gasket atop the glass bowl of the fuel
> filter? Moss & VB don't seem to offer replacements. It's easy enough
> to make one, but I have seen both cork & rubber on there.
I bought mine from Moss. The part number on the one in my glovebox is
031-729. It's cork, $1.25 so buy several. Besides tractor shops I think the
gasket matches those from old jeeps -- CJ2A's and such. I didn't have
much luck with homemade rubber or cork gaskets on the '47 CJ2A I
owned, or even with a correct sized rubber gasket. But a good thick,
correct-for-the-pump cork gasket worked fine.
You can only reuse the cork gaskets a few times at best. Make sure
the mesh screen is seated nicely, and that the face of the pump is
clean, and a new cork gasket should be able to handle any slight
deformation in the pump housing. But once the glass bowl indents
into the cork gasket, your odds of getting a good seal are poor.
--
Steven Newell
Littleton, CO
'62 TR4
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