Hey guys,

  I have a 1983 Chrysler Sea King 15HP.  I recently bought a carb kit because my float was stuck and pouring gas out the front when I primed it.  When I took off the bowl, there was a little flat cover part loose inside.  It seems to mount on the underside of the carb frame and cover a hole of some sort.  It sets on a small ***, but has no threads/ screw to hold it in place, and it is not listed on the parts diagram.  Can anyone tell me what it is, how it broke, and how to fix it?

 

Pictures:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/88a32btn2zcebt7/20140403_153840.jpg

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/5uniztls56ogobh/2014-04-03%2015.38.53.jpg

 

Well apparently it sensors my word.. so I'll describe it as a peg.

Judging by the first picture, it looks like the slot slides onto the center "tower" for lack of a better word.  The hole looks like it will fit over the "peg" which to me looks like a screw or bolt with the head broken off.  My guess would be that the "broken" piece is supposed to hold  the slotted plate in place.

 

The slotted plate with the hole appears to be some type of retainer.

I tried to grab the peg with a pair of pliers to theread it out, but im almost convinced its made onto the body

Since there was no screw head in there with it, most likely it was a peg and the end was braded to hold the plate.  It looks easy enough to me just to level it off, drill and tap a hole in it's place and use a screw to hold it.  Just make sure of what you are drilling through and into.  Going all the way through is not going to hurt a thing, provided the drill bit doesn't hit something but there is no gas to leak there because the float level is well below that point and you can put a drop of locktite on the screw to hold it and seal it. 

 

Distributor screw kits are a good source for small screws like that. 

 

The carb bowl vent hole is probable up inside that section and that's nothing more than a splash guard to keep gas from sloshing out the vent hole in rough water.

 

Actually, you might be able to put the plate back in place, using a small pointed punch with about a 45 degree angle on the point in the center of the peg and expand it out enough to hold it, but the sure fire way will  be to use a screw.  That is fairly soft metal and will expand fairly easily.

It looks like it was "peened" into place. Does that little plate need movement or should it not have any play?? Your gasket looks a little suspect in places as well.

Way2Slow:

Thanks so much!  I was thinking about expanding the peg as you said to hold it on, but a screw might be better.  Im going to my dads shop tomorrow, so hopefully we'll be able to get it held on.  So it doesnt matter if there's a little wiggle in it as quanjig asked above?  

 

quanjig:

Yeah that gasket it shot, but I have brand new one in my carb kit!

It would be much better if it was snug.  Any amount of up and down movement is going to make it eventually come loose again from vibrations.