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Subject:Re: 009 and carb leaks
From:Jonathan Dove - VAX Master
Date:Thu, 1 Dec 1994 17:04:41 -0500 (EST)

>From: David Schwarze <schwarze@superc.nosc.mil>

>> The PO 'plugged' these by putting a small section of rubber hose over 
>> each and then plugging the end of that hose with a screw.  In my 
>> never ending search to my idleing problems I was going to replace 
>> these and hope that it fixes what acts like an air leak.  Any ideas on
>> the best way to do this?  Thanks, Jim
>
>There are little rubber caps for this purpose.  I don't know where to
>buy them but I usually get them from the junkyard.  I was never ever able

You can get those caps at race/speed/V8 shops.  They are in a vacumm 
(no pun intented) pack under the Mr Gasket/Moroso/Accel brands.

Jonathan
jdove@gsvms2.cc.gasou.edu