Zenith Carb Fuel Inlet Strainer Removal

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RKMason

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Need advice from anyone with experience removing what's left of the carb fuel inlet strainer. I tried to remove the strainer for cleaning & inspection, but ended up twisting the strainer screen apart so only about 1/3 of it came out with the brass plug. The rest of the screen seems to be stuck in place; does the seat end of the strainer (opposite the brass plug end) get rusted and stuck in the carb? Any suggestions how to go about removing it with the carb in place? Thx
 
coat hanger wire or dental pick. Air pleasure? Those ends love to tear off. Perhaps a bath in Evapoprust to loosen the trapped rust.
 
RKMason said:
...Any suggestions how to go about removing it with the carb in place? Thx
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Although you may succeed in removing it in place there will be residual particulate crud that will get into your carb. At the very least, remove the carb, remove the float valve, and then blow out that passage with a can of carb cleaner after extracting the stuck screen.
 
Remove the float valve and you will be able to see a small brass ring seated in the end of the tunnel. it was attached to the end of the screen. It is likely stuck. take a nail and bend a curve in it and you should be able to pry it loose from the float valve end.

Tom Endy
 
I've had a few do the same thing. A large wood screw or small lag bolt might snag it, then you can pull it out with a Vice Grip or plier. My next step after the removal is usally to sandblast and paint the carb. At the very least a good cleaning with carb spray and compressed air is needed.
 
OK, Thx for the info. I was thinking of trying some type of hooked tool or screw to snag and pull the seat end of the screen, but having never seen that end of the strainer I was not sure exactly what I was fishing for.
 
Parts catalouges are also an excellent resource
 

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If it will not all come out by using hooked tool or nail as talked about above. Then I give it a good glass bead blasting, blow it out and try hooking again. Some times there is so much crud that it needs to be blasted away before all the pieces can be drug out.
 
It's possible the end of your fuel line is too long past the compression feral and is jammed against the filter. Disconnect the fuel line and then try to pick out the remaining filter.
 
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