Taint had time to digest the last two replies, look at them later. In the mean time I got her goin real nice and purty.
Thanks again for the idea Jon, I took it to the shop today and turned up an adaptor, put new brass fittings and a fresh 90° short fuel line from the filter. Leak, gone! At least it wasn’t leaking after a five-mile run. One of the things that has really concerned me is splitting the air horn where the inlet boss is located. A taper can exert a lot of pressure and I was afraid that it may have had a very small hairline split that I couldn’t see but that opened up when the fitting was tightened. I’m sure I’m not the first one that has run into this sort of problem. If any one cares to see I posted a couple of pictures.
This was the problem every time I would shut her down:
http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2366801090098611668EbYpHb I’m machining the new oversize 1/8”npt adaptor here:
http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2180753650098611668ncXdXe This shows the weak boss on the air horn and a close up of the new adaptor:
http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2819454540098611668BmAmCM Installing the oversized adaptor and new fuel line and fitting here:
http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2773827560098611668RBMCRp So hopefully this ‘B’ has a few more miles in her.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
