Reply To: 1960 Scott 7.5 hp Carb “Purge Valve”

[Buccaneer]

Frank, thanks for the reply. The manual didn’t actually show either style
of purge valve that I could see, but one was operated by the choke being
pushed in, and the other by the throttle mechanism when the
twist grip was turned to “vent” position. (past “fast” I think).
This makes me think the actual bleed valve was behind the front
face plate. It sounds like the valve was plumbed so when air purging
was taking place, the air / gas would dump visibly out a hose  some where.

That barbed fuel inlet nipple at the carb, shown in my photo with all the hoses,
must have been the supply to the bleed valve. The nipple on mine was
never drilled though, so perhaps another design change not mentioned
in the manual, but mine being a 1960 should be on the “early” production
end of these motors.

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