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 Post subject: Carb gaskets
PostPosted: Sun Sep 17, 2017 3:26 pm 
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I bought a sheet of Fel-Pro rubber fiber gasket material. My daughter is making me some bowl gaskets and float valve seat gaskets. My question is the material is .08 cm thick and the original valve seat gasket seems thinner than that. Will I have any issues as long as the float height is correct? Thanks.

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 Post subject: Re: Carb gaskets
PostPosted: Sun Sep 17, 2017 3:40 pm 
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You should be fine, Chris.

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 Post subject: Re: Carb gaskets
PostPosted: Sun Sep 17, 2017 3:51 pm 
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Jim wrote:
You should be fine, Chris.

Cool, thanks. Thought so, just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something.

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 Post subject: Re: Carb gaskets
PostPosted: Sun Sep 17, 2017 5:32 pm 

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Float valve seat gaskets are not the same material as a bowl gasket, they are a hard fiber. I find them at the better hardware stores, plumbing section.


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 Post subject: Re: Carb gaskets
PostPosted: Thu Sep 21, 2017 5:00 am 
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The float seat gasket thickness can also affect your float height.




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 Post subject: Re: Carb gaskets
PostPosted: Thu Sep 21, 2017 8:51 am 
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rngdng wrote:
The float seat gasket thickness can also affect your float height.


Only if you set the float height before changing the gaskets instead of after. :)

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 Post subject: Re: Carb gaskets
PostPosted: Thu Sep 21, 2017 10:53 am 

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Common sense would dictate after installing the seat and needle assembly.


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 Post subject: Re: Carb gaskets
PostPosted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 4:03 am 
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Jim wrote:
rngdng wrote:
The float seat gasket thickness can also affect your float height.


Only if you set the float height before changing the gaskets instead of after. :)



I guess that was my point.... ;)


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 Post subject: Re: Carb gaskets
PostPosted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 12:00 pm 

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All parts of it are, simply, just using good common sense.


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 Post subject: Re: Carb gaskets
PostPosted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 9:16 pm 
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Yes, I knew I'd have to reset the float hight. Just wanted to make sure there wasn't another issue related to a slightly thicker gasket and changing the position of the float valve in the carb body. Thanks for the input. My original question said "as long as the float height is correct".

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