madkaw Posted October 12, 2015 Share #1 Posted October 12, 2015 Bought this little gem because I thought the idea was good to see when things got dirty. It left me stranded on the road at 11pm on the way to work. Had to leave my Z in a church parking lot until towed to a buddies house. I had previous issues with my engine acting like it ran out of fuel, but blamed my Mikuni's and my Holley regulator. You could see fuel in the glass so I ASSumed all was good. after it left me stranded me and my buddies dug into things and found that the fuel flow stopped at the BRAND NEW filter. The cartridge filter is held inplace on a threaded pipe by a nut. I guess they didn't get it tight during assembly and the nut was free to rome up and down the threads. It eventually loosened up all the way to one end which then CLOSED off the only entry holes for incoming fuel. BAD DESIGN-period. I called Mr Gasket and let them know. Might be different if I had assembled it or the instructions said to check tightness, but it did not. I threw the SOB away and bought a 5$ plastic one. signed P.O.d Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grannyknot Posted October 12, 2015 Share #2 Posted October 12, 2015 I use to have one of those on a 1974 Triumph TR6 with a V8 about 15 yrs ago, one day the the pot metal threads let go, fuel pump kept on pumping and I had pools of gasoline boiling in the pockets of the Edlebrock Jr intake manifold, the engine was screaming hot and I stood there with a fire extinguisher waiting for my car to burst into flames. It never did, I had a horseshoe up my bum that day but everytime I see one of those stupid things on someones car I them that story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zed Head Posted October 12, 2015 Share #3 Posted October 12, 2015 On sale at Amazon! 2/3 off! Might be worth it just for the six hose nipples. http://www.amazon.com/Mr-Gasket-9706-Universal-Clearview/dp/B00068OR8M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z dreams Posted October 13, 2015 Share #4 Posted October 13, 2015 I had that POS on one of my vineyard tractors. Had the same problem. Replaced it no more problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossiz Posted October 13, 2015 Share #5 Posted October 13, 2015 bought one for a motorcycle build a few years ago, it leaked before the engine ever fired up. unfixable, unusable. glad you found the culprit! i installed this on my firewall - genuine old school clear glass filter w/large cartridge and solid design. big enough to see what's going on in the bowl and built in regulator that doesn't restrict flow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Coffey Posted October 13, 2015 Share #6 Posted October 13, 2015 Glass fuel filters are a safety hazard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbuczesk Posted October 13, 2015 Share #7 Posted October 13, 2015 Yep. I was just about to post what John said. Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hr369 Posted October 13, 2015 Share #8 Posted October 13, 2015 (edited) On my old 720 datsun truck they had a glass window into the fuel bowl. That was factory stock hitachi carburator. Never leaked on me though. Edited October 18, 2015 by hr369 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patcon Posted October 14, 2015 Share #9 Posted October 14, 2015 Our Datsun 510 has a glass window on the float bowl. How is the glass filter bowl any more of a hazard than a plastic filter? I would think the glass is thicker and would take a harder strike than a plastic filter. What am I missing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeafireXV Posted October 15, 2015 Share #10 Posted October 15, 2015 I ran one of these on my 260Z for almost 10 years. Never had a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Coffey Posted October 16, 2015 Share #11 Posted October 16, 2015 They are enough of a hazard that you will fail tech with SCCA, NASA, POC, etc. They break for a variety of reasons, not just impact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madkaw Posted October 17, 2015 Author Share #12 Posted October 17, 2015 I never had a problem with the first one. Just a dumb design that could be prone to problems . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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