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mike657894 · 06-21-2019, 05:34 PM

I bought a gosen ball valve and it wouldn't hold a vacuum via my mouth bench testing. I put it in anyway thinking it may hold enough to slow my leak. I get a good dribbling of fuel out of the mouth of the carb. I tried to lap in my original steel needle and brass seat. Too small to get any where with that. I have checked float level. I need to shut my fuel off whenever I shut off my engine. I looked on ebay and found many different Tillotson needles and seats many that look very similar. Wondering if anyone new the part # of a rubber tipped one that would fit in. Otherwise im going to get a long viton tipped needle and file it to fit in the old seat.

06-21-2019, 05:34 PM	#1
mike657894 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Bay City Michigan Posts: 1,050	rubber tipped tillotson needle and seat? gosen valve leaked from the start. I bought a gosen ball valve and it wouldn't hold a vacuum via my mouth bench testing. I put it in anyway thinking it may hold enough to slow my leak. I get a good dribbling of fuel out of the mouth of the carb. I tried to lap in my original steel needle and brass seat. Too small to get any where with that. I have checked float level. I need to shut my fuel off whenever I shut off my engine. I looked on ebay and found many different Tillotson needles and seats many that look very similar. Wondering if anyone new the part # of a rubber tipped one that would fit in. Otherwise im going to get a long viton tipped needle and file it to fit in the old seat.