Patent ID: 6874768

Claim:
In a carburetor assembly of a combustion engine of a vehicle having fuel bowls positioned on opposed sides of the carburetor, each of said fuel bowls having a fuel inlet port, an external fuel receiving fixture mounted to each fuel inlet port, a fuel transfer assembly extending between the fuel receiving fixtures, a fuel supply line in fluid communication with one of the fixtures, and a float valve in each fuel bowl for controlling the admission of fuel through said fuel inlet ports into each of the said fuel bowls, the improvement therein of: said external fuel receiving fixtures each including a nipple, said nipples facing and in alignment with each other, a fuel transfer tube extending between said nipples, the fuel transfer tube having opposed ends and connected at its opposed ends to said nipples, and O-ring grooves interposed between said nipples and the ends of said fuel transfer tubes, and O-rings seated in said O-ring grooves for sealing said fuel transfer tube at its ends to said nipples.