rickpaulos
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I can get it running and have it tuned about as well as it can be. Gas is leaking out on the top of the gas tank right under the muffler. it's hard to tell exactly where its leaking but I assume it is the fuel pump cover. What else could it be? The fuel pump is the only place with gas under any kind of pressure.
I installed a carb kit: new needle & seat, gaskets, diaphragm. I cleaned the tank out, cleaned the carb. Changed the oil. Cleaned and gapped the plug.
Horizontal shaft, serial : 100202 401056 6207230
The carb has a fuel pump on the side. There are two pick up tubes. One that reaches the bottom of the main tank, the other shorter tube reaches in to a small sub chamber in the top of the main tank and leads directly to the jet & needle.
the carb kit diaphragm seemed to thin and filmy to seal the cover of the fuel pump. I got a "genuine" briggs diaphragm and that seems to leak less.
Any suggestions on using a gasket material from a tube to get a better seal?
the old gasket/diaphram:
I installed a carb kit: new needle & seat, gaskets, diaphragm. I cleaned the tank out, cleaned the carb. Changed the oil. Cleaned and gapped the plug.
Horizontal shaft, serial : 100202 401056 6207230
The carb has a fuel pump on the side. There are two pick up tubes. One that reaches the bottom of the main tank, the other shorter tube reaches in to a small sub chamber in the top of the main tank and leads directly to the jet & needle.
the carb kit diaphragm seemed to thin and filmy to seal the cover of the fuel pump. I got a "genuine" briggs diaphragm and that seems to leak less.
Any suggestions on using a gasket material from a tube to get a better seal?
the old gasket/diaphram: