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Originally Posted by Magicbox51
Make sure to turn off the fuel valve when parked, especially if your carb. needle & seat valve leak. If you garage your car, you would have noticed gas on the floor, so maybe that's not the case. It is still considered "best practice" to turn off the fuel valve on any Model A when parked for any length of time. Especially overnight.
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DITTO !!!
Club member had gas valve go bad AND at same time the carburetor float hung up and he had an entire tank of gasoline leak onto the kitty litter-filled drip pan! He walked into his garage and was bowled over with the smell of gasoline.