Reply To: Not Boat related – Allis Chambers Carb Questions

[billw]

This is your conscience speaking. I’m sure the JB Weld will work for awhile, until the moment it doesn’t. You KNOW it’s going to happen. Plan for that moment. Will the gas leak out onto the ground, away from anything hot or any kind of ignition source, like a starter motor? Do you garage the tractor? If there is any possible way the gas would ever leak onto anything but a cold frame or the ground, I would definitely not try it. I’d rather spend $500 than be in the burn ward. However, I am sure there are other carbs or parts out there you could replace the cracked part with, for less money than that.

Long live American manufacturing!