tlojak38

My Feedback: (15)

Ok, so I've tried auto parts stores, I've tried home centers, and I can't find the right orings to put in my t.t..61 pro. I've been told to look there to get ones so I don't have to order and wait for the kit. Does anyone have any other suggestions to look at? I'd like to go flying this weekend, but I can't with a leaky carb. Thanks for any help.

jester_s1

I get nearly all of my o rings at Ace Hardware in the plumbing section. If it's just the carb o ring that's gone hard a dab of silicone will seal it up.

tlojak38

My Feedback: (15)

It's the needle valve oring that I'm looking for. I have a harbor freight kit and matched up the other ones nicely. The needle valve oring is actually to big for the ones in my kit. I need a 4mm x 2.5mm

JohnBuckner

My Feedback: (1)

The Ace or True Value hardware store plumbing department (O) rings have always turned up being a crap shoot in these parts with more miss than hits. Seldom seeing the perfect size and thickness. This is why I no longer recomend the hardware stores for O rings or spend time looking rather than just ordering.

One of our locals who is often working on other folks engines has gone to buying the plumbing department O ring's and whittling them down in thickness with a blade. Maybe this works, maybe it does not but certainly not something I am gonna waste time on especially precious field time.

John

Gray Beard

My Feedback: (-1)

Very next time I find the correct O-ring for one of my model engines at an auto parts store or hardware will be the very first time. A lot of close but never correct. I do find them once in a while at one of the LHS but I usually have to order them from places like Central Hobbies or Don's. I buy complete rebuild gasket sets for my YS engines and the set comes with all the gaskets and O-rings needed and a lot of the O-rings I need for different brands of engines can be found in these rebuild gasket sets. I have found sets at Tower GP for OS engines but usually my LHS has them on the rack.

aerowoof

try a hydrulics hose store,place that makes hydrulic hose for snow plows etc.they should be able to get any size .if yo have an original show them.

kenh3497

The power sports shop (motorcycles) had a box of all the popular o-rings used in motorcycle and snowmobile carbs. I dug into it a few times while I worked there and always found what I needed. We sold them individually as we rebuilt carbs.

Ken