"Tin Lizzie DL" wrote
When I disassembled mine, the glass bowl was frozen to the 50's technology cork/rubber gasket, and the threaded rod and nut tightening assembly, and the whole thing was pretty much one corroded piece. I took it off completely, and inserted TWO inline replacable gas filters, one for forward flow, and one for any back flow, and for northern/southern hemisphere applications. ;-) I could see that the gasket seal was a site for future problems, and the elimination of it was easy and cheap. I did not price a replacement, but imagine it would have been more than the Joe McGee solution I put in place.
I also noted that the gas intake port is on the front corner of the machine, so when parking it, it is easy to have it suck air when it gets low on gas, and if you either block it, or use the tongue jack to lower the front of the machine by just one degree, it will run entirely dry. Particularly if you have a high bumper truck. I just eyeball it, or put a small magnetic level on it. It ain't much gas of a difference, but it just might get you through that last weld.
Steve
Heart surgery pending?