Hello,
Thank you for the replies to my question about torque values. I just want to keep everything even so as not to distort the aluminum body of this carb. I do have another issue that I'm looking at with this 3810 carburetor. I assembled the secondary plates and gaskets in the same order as I found them to be installed when I disassembled the carb some time ago. A thin gasket was found to be located against the carburetor body with a thin metal plate on top of it. The large gasket that seals the fuel bowl to the body was placed on top of the thin metal plate. Finally, a thick aluminum plate with passages machined into it was put on top of the large gasket. This is the way the secondary metering system was set up when I took the carburetor apart. My problem is this-the large gasket that seals the fuel bowl to the body of the carb is sitting about 1/16 of an inch above the body of the carburetor because it was installed over the thin gasket and thin steel plate. The large gasket is not sitting flat against the body of the carburetor. This doesn't seem correct and it makes me wonder if someone may have been in this carburetor before and re-assembled it incorrectly. It doesn't seem correct to me that the large gasket should be sitting 1/16 of an inch above the flat body of the carburetor. Is this assembly sequence correct or incorrect? Thank you very much.
Joe
Thank you for the replies to my question about torque values. I just want to keep everything even so as not to distort the aluminum body of this carb. I do have another issue that I'm looking at with this 3810 carburetor. I assembled the secondary plates and gaskets in the same order as I found them to be installed when I disassembled the carb some time ago. A thin gasket was found to be located against the carburetor body with a thin metal plate on top of it. The large gasket that seals the fuel bowl to the body was placed on top of the thin metal plate. Finally, a thick aluminum plate with passages machined into it was put on top of the large gasket. This is the way the secondary metering system was set up when I took the carburetor apart. My problem is this-the large gasket that seals the fuel bowl to the body of the carb is sitting about 1/16 of an inch above the body of the carburetor because it was installed over the thin gasket and thin steel plate. The large gasket is not sitting flat against the body of the carburetor. This doesn't seem correct and it makes me wonder if someone may have been in this carburetor before and re-assembled it incorrectly. It doesn't seem correct to me that the large gasket should be sitting 1/16 of an inch above the flat body of the carburetor. Is this assembly sequence correct or incorrect? Thank you very much.
Joe
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