Cracked nuts

[dankurth]

Originally Posted by H. L. Chauvin

This may not be a safe fuel fix for everyone to try, ...... that is, in everyone's case.

Could be incorrect, but it appears that if gas leaks here at the shut off, it could travel & trickle down between the floor boards, to a hot, rusty muffler below, when the engine is running, or ........ with engine not running, car parked, & the muffler is still hot.

The fuel leak was the reason for replacing the shut off valve. It wasn't leaking at the nut but after seeing the crack I didn't trust it any more. It would have been easier to order a new fuel line but I had promised to have the car in a Christmas parade and didn't have time to wait for a new one. The repair was inexpensive and worked just fine. Believe me, fuel leaks can be scary things. Many years ago, I thought I smelled gas after landing my Ercoupe. I felt under the header tank and a leak had developed, dripping right on my old vacuum tube radio. I could have put on quite a show when I was announcing my pattern positions. Scared me. A lot.