HELP - broken PULSE nipple fitting on CARB

[CAVPILOT]

GAAAAAAHHHHHHH!
So, here I am prepping my engine compartment for the new engine and I set the carb on the hull, turned around for just a sec, and BANG!:ack: The carb slipped off and broke the PULSE nipple fitting!! <see pic>
Does this nipple screw in there? Is it pressed in? Does Seadoo even make this piece separate?
I'm in deep doo-doo, huh?!? :banghead:

 

[CAVPILOT]

$92 for that pump cover!?!?!?
GAAAHHHHHH! Anyone have a "shadetree" fix?

 

[seadooya]

tap it out, and get barb fitting from home depot

 

[CAVPILOT]

hmmmmm...will try!
I hope they have something that small.

 

[94H_Ex]

Shade tree? JB weld. thats about as unprofessionally shady as it can get. The tap and barb fitting is a MUCH better idea. Make sure the clearence between the diaphram and the fitting is good. Just a reminder.

 

[Dennis]

The nipple is a press fit into the cover. Use a "easy out" and it will twist out of the cover. Then make the trip to Home Depot.

DAWG

 

[luckysaturn13]

i had a similar incident when i was replacing my cars fuel pump. I had new one roll off some plastic tarp and fall 3 ft and hit some concrete. it broke the fitting right off... life sucks some times!

 

[CAVPILOT]

Yes it does suck.
Searched for a good 30 mins for a 90 deg., 1/4" O.D., barbed fitting but no luck. Instead I went with flexible copper tubing and am going to freeze it for an hour or so to see if it "pops" into the filter housing (thanks Dennis for that info! :cheers Now, I just need to figure out a way to keep the fuel hose on the tubing.
I can't quite barb it or put a nice nipple on it for the hose to "grab" onto.
Any ideas???

JB Weld - hehehehe
Never had much luck with that stuff! Appreciate the input though. You are right about that clearance! Looks like the recess bottoms out about 1/8" down inside.
What a mess!

 

[Dennis]

Put some blue or red loctite on the end of the tubing before you install it in the plate. It will act as a lubricant when you install it and a sealer after it is installed. There isn't much pressure on the pulse hose. If the tubing fits snug on the hose you should only need a screw clamp. Maybe use a little loctite on that end of the tubing too before you install the hose and clamp.

DAWG

 

[CAVPILOT]

EUREKA, loctite!!! :hurray:
I had a small tube of liquid solder all ready to pop in there, heat it up and permanently install it. Loctite is a MUCH better idea!!!

 

[onebadcav00]

or buy a cheap crappy lookin carb off ebay. its always good to have extra crap around

 

[CAVPILOT]

Have my own benchstock! I like it!

 

[seadooya]

beingthat yuo went with a copper tubing, you can flarethe end with a screwdriver...

 

[CAVPILOT]

Seadooya, that is exactly what I was thinking! :agree: All I should need is a slight flare for the hose to grab.
Only problem I'm having now is bending that mall piece of tubing into 90 deg. GRRRRRRRR...
It keeps getting a flat spot in the bed!

 

[lvanek]

try a brake line bender? $5.00 at autozone...perfect bend every time!