Fuel leak

[flyboy1100]

A warped air horn will/can cause choke and butterfly plates to stick/bind. Maybe the reason your choke wont work ?

Maybe, but the choke door and vertical linkage move very freely. The only warping i can see is near the solenoid and if i had to venture a guess, .010" for 1 inch in that corner. I plan to stick the feeler gauges in there and measure it

If i get a chance today i will take it apart and test my other air horn. Otherwise i will just get a thicker gasket for it.

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[rich weyand]

I would probably shave a thin piece of gasket material for that spot, using the existing gasket as a template. It should taper the way the gap does. Then use some gasket paste (very thin layer) to cement it to the existing gasket and put it back together.

 

[MadOgre]

Or you could use a rubber hammer and a flat piece of wood and gently straighten out your air horn. Like a professional would do

Im sorry but its not a good idea to duct tape a carburetor

 

[flyboy1100]

Haven't had a chance yet to check other air horn, maybe tomorrow. If it isn't better, i plan to just get the thicker gasket. Here is a pic of the problem area, i also wonder if the rubber gasket for the solenoid isn't too thick creating the gap

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[MadOgre]

If the plastic housing is not seated properly while the air horn is tightened that would definitely cause the warpage.

Your best off fixing the warpage and the cause of it

 

[MadOgre]

With the airhorn off use a metal ruler as an edge to see where is flat and where is warped.

 

[flyboy1100]

The solenoid is seated, there is a gasket that sits on top of it, will check tomorrow

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[flyboy1100]

Well other air horn is a lot worse, so Im going to try the thicker gasket route

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[350runner]

Yea a thicker gasket with some run time to swell up the gasket will do. As you said before this wasn't a problem.

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[flyboy1100]

I think the gaskets were shipped something slower than first class mail. I was hoping to swap it out this weekend

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[350runner]

Darn call em and see

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[flyboy1100]

USPS reserved?

There is still hope for Saturday according to the tracking

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[flyboy1100]

Delivered, just not home. Maybe tomorrow i can get it on

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[flyboy1100]

so far so good with thicker gasket