Reply To: THOR single mixing valve/carb questions

[munimula]

I tried making a washer, out of a little twisted yellow teflon tape, but the thickness of the tape – which wasn’t very much –  and the backing steel washer, put the compression nut right in the middle of the buggered up threads around the adjustment needle.  Retapping the 7/16-24 threads didn’t help.  So, I did away with both washers and wrapped a little of the teflon around the threads of the needle itself.   The tape holds the needle from vibrating loose and now the compression nut can reach some better threads farther up the way.  Best part is there wasn’t a giant puddle of gas underneath the old THOR this morning!  Seemed to run okay too, for a few seconds.  I’ll dunk it in some water, when the glacier recedes!

Thanks for the help!