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I have a small patch of residue that has dribbled from my drivers (O/S) H4 Su carb over a period of time. It is a sticky gummy residue and it lands on the bulkhead crossmember. I have also noticed that the damper has much less oil in than the opposite carb and I wondered if anybody has any suggestions as to what needs replacing or renewing. They were rebuilt by Andrew Turner and have been like this since day one. Not a major headache but something I would like to rectify. Cheers. Mark

Early H4's had a flexible rubber washer setup at the bowl-to-body joint. I altered this to a rigid joint with fibre washers after I was told the flexible joint was prone to leakage and troublesome.

Al

Cheers Al. Any chance of some pics or perhaps more details on what making them rigid entails and where I might get the washers. If possible I would prefer to have them to hand before I remove from the car (a 66S!) and dismantle. BW Mark

It was some time ago and I cannot really properly recall but I do remember fitting different (although not unusual)banjo bolts and fibre washers. I think the banjo bolts were shorter than what was there. There was not much to it and they don't leak now.

Al