tube broke off in carb

dvrdwn

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79 55hp johnson. I was cleaning my carbs when I found a tube in the bottom of my cleaner basket. it came from the center of my carb. its the 1/8 inch tube thats inside the larger tube that gose trough the center of the float. they are both brass. the bigger tube is ok. will it hurt anything? how do I replace it and can i get that part?
 

dvrdwn

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Re: tube broke off in carb

help guys, i want togo out this weekend. what dose it do?
 

EN2

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Re: tube broke off in carb

The tube you speak of is the idle pick up tube. If this was my carb, I would try pushing it back in, that is if the end of it isnt broken off in the top end of the carb. If it isnt broken,clean throughly,apply a very small amount of locktite to the end of the tube,keep it away from the open end of the tube and carefully push it home. I'm sure some of the others will chime in soon on this as well. If this tube is broken you may have to look for another carb.
 

dvrdwn

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Re: tube broke off in carb

it's broken. i'll see if i can get a replacment part.
 
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