Kevin, This must be a Stromberg? I am not suggesting or advocating this but have seen the oil tanks dinged in a bit for this. I would not be too quick to do it though if you had this on before without the ding. I have a Marvel so a picture of mine won't help. What say you Stromberg owners?
Kevin --- In [email protected], "K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 46' 415-C with a C-85. > I was putting the gasolator on my engine today and ran into an > interesting problem. > The gasolator is bumping the oil-tank just enough that I can't get the > carb. mounted back up properly. > I have the 90 degree elbow mounted on the back of the carb. screwed in > as far as it can go and it clears there. > I also have the straight connector screwed onto the 90 degree elbow > with no problems. > But when I screw the gasolator on and try to tighten the carb. back up > onto the engine the gasolator hits the oil-tank. > It seems that the 90 degree elbow needs to go into the back of the > carb. more to move the gasolator forward just a hair but this isn't > possible. > > Can anyone explain whats going on and how to fix this? > > I'm going to catch a lot of grief for asking this question ......is it > acceptable to ding the oil-tank a hair for gasolator clearance? > > Kevin >
