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Show DRAINING FUEL FROM CARBURETOR CHAMBER Suction Device Illustrated Does Work Easily. Not Necessary to Remove Tank or Disconnect Dis-connect Heating and Feed Connections Connec-tions Any Water or Particles Parti-cles Drawn Out In some six-cylinder automobiles no provision is made for draining the carburetor, car-buretor, or vacuum tank, without removing re-moving them or disconnecting the heating and feed connections and allowing al-lowing the fuel in the vacuum tank to run off through the disconnected feed pipe. All this makes a lot of work and trouble merely to remove the few drops of water or particles of dirt that interfere with the operation of the carburetor. The little device shown in the drawing draw-ing will quickly draw all the fuel from 1 I ' rfr! I- SUCTON PVMP ' When Draining the Contents of th Carburetor Float Chamber and Vacuum-Feed Tank of an Automobile, Automo-bile, the Suction Device Illustrated Makes It Unnecessary to Disconnect Discon-nect the Float Chamber. the carburetor and vacuum tank without with-out removing anything but the covei of the float chamber. Two pieces of metal tubing are Inserted In-serted through a tlght-flttlng cork, fitted Into a quart bottle. One tube leads to a common type of small bicycle bi-cycle pump, in which the leather washer wash-er on the plunger has been reversed to produce suction instead of pressure. pres-sure. A BB-shot Is dropped into the short rubber connection between the pump and bottle, to serve as a check valve. By removing the screws holding the cover of the float chamber It can be lifted off, then the second rubber tube is inserted so that Its end will reach the lowest part of the float chamber. Upon operating the pump, the contents of the carburetor and vacuum tank are sucked Into the bottle without spilling a drop, and any water or particles par-ticles of dirt that may be present will be brought along. Popular Mechanics Magazine, |