Re: West Bend Muskie Fuel Fitting

[billw]

There’s a ball in the engine-side fitting that’s meant to keep fuel from dripping out, when you disconnect the gas line. When the gas line is connected, the tank-end fitting holds that ball open so that fuel can flow. If you just connect a hose to the engine end fitting directly, odds are that the fuel pump won’t be able to pull fuel by that ball.

Long live American manufacturing!