"While you're at it you may want to check the nuts that hold the carbs to the intake manifold. While I've never found a problem with S.U.'s loosening up, other carbs can and do! If you plan to put a wrench to the two nuts on the underside of the carbs, be careful not to touch the fuel tubes coming from the bottom of the float bowls. They come loose easily, and they are a bear to re-install and make them stop leaking."

This is exactly what happened when i set about cleaning the suckers,and ultimately the reason i choe to get a new set of jets. I'm going to hold onto the old set, and what's left of the fuel line linkage for spares, but i truely didn't want to try out various types of sealant and hope one is temp and gas safe enough w/o knowing. I had a hard enough timt just fitting it back into the jet, only to have it pop out again. You know i truely hated paying out for a new jet, i mean it's not like i drive a saab, i'm cheapand like to do what i can myself, but i am getting pretty anxious to take Lorretta out for a night on the town, if you know what i mean...

Lorretta's the car.