Re: [HSS] Side draft carburetor

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Zeke; That O-ring you received was from me. Gary Kuck

The O-ring I gave you was teflon, the buna-n or other types seem to

distort and

get hard. I have, however had some difficulty with the O-rings

consistently sealing

and I believe I'm going back to conventional packing. The stuff to use

is the

black nasty Water pump packing, usually it is multiple strands wrapped

together,

I think maybe 3 strands. Use one of the strands to pack the gland in the



main jet enrichment seal. I guarantee you that if these things leak, you

will

run like **** and will wash down the cylinder walls easily with gas. The

typical

symptoms are poor idle and richer than heck. It is a very good idea to

just tighten

up the existing packing first before replacing. This procedure is

relatively

painless and I can tell someone how to do this if anyone wants to know.

Actually the side draft carbs are fairly maint. free. Gary



-----Original Message-----

From: zkwills@aol.com [mailto:zkwills@aol.com]

Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2001 2:12 PM

To: HudsonSuperSix16-29@yahoogroups.com

Subject: [HSS] Side draft carburetor





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







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