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Hi. The o/s push on-pull off fuel tap on my 1947 M18 has decided to start leaking. I've tried a new cork washer but the female thread immediately below the push-pull has almost gone so i can't tighten anything back on. Fuel is leaking from the thread below the push-pull but also (since i started fiddling) out around the push-pull itself.
Are these taps and associated bits still available? Don't really want to have to resort to a lever tap.
By the way what kind of tap is it that i have? Enot? Ewart? A bit confused by it all tbh.
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Thanks in advance.
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The tap that you have is the standard Benton & Stone 'Enots' (Stone backwards) tap. On the Norton, it is usually threaded 1/4" BSP top and bottom.
It's quite a reliable and functional tap but ageing brass can become fragile.
Jiri at 'Vintage Replica' makes very decent copies of these Hexag-ON taps. I'm not sure if parts are interchangeable though. They can be dismantled with care and the flat cork washers replaced (or expanded by boiling in water) but if threads are worn then it's probably time for new.
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'Jiri Horice Vintage Replica' and you should find them. He attends several of the big UK jumbles.