Side draft carburetor

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When the Great Race stopped in Lexington KY this summer, I struck up

a conversation with someone who was with one of the

early "speedsters". I asked him what they did about the packing gland

in the side draft carburetor. The owners manual says to use soft

candle wicking. Not the best stuff. The person I talked to went back

to his tool box and fished out a white o-ring and gave it to me. He

said that would cure the problem. It did! If that person is on this

list;Thank you. That little ring solved all of my rough idling and

flooding problems. Before I replaced the packing, the car would only

idle at a high rpm. Now it idles smooth at any rpm. Anyone with a

sidedrafter should check that packing gland ocasionally. To those of

you with updrafts, well... Zeke