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Old 04-11-2019, 07:10 PM
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brickwoodward
 
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Originally Posted by GREG DOE
Bill, You may remember that the idle disc on the Perry carburetors had two small black "O" rings. I've used Ace Hardware Story O rings in that application. The only problem I've had with their O rings was in a gasoline application. I tried them in a Bing slide valve carburetor on my Mini Max ultralight, and they swelled up.They are cheap enough that you could get a couple, and soak them in glow fuel to see if there are issues.
yep, I’ll get a couple and soak them in fuel and see! Thanks Greg! I think we have an automotive parts supply in town that keeps a range of O rings.