Honda E40 generator petcock

[RadRacer203]

Working on this little e40 generator I have now, it runs nice but the petcock leaks badly so I'm trying to figure that out. The reason I'm posting on here is I was wondering if anyone might know of a part that might interchange with something else. It's a very strange design, and has a piece of cork in it. Currently soaking the cork in warm Marvel to try and make it expand, but not too confident I can make it work. It's a pretty neat little thing, I've got the matching Sony portable tv coming in the mail too

 

[Old Guy Too Many Bikes]

Have you tried making a replacement from a piece of rubber?

 

[RadRacer203]

Have you tried making a replacement from a piece of rubber?

Not yet, it's so small I'm not overly confident in my ability to make it correctly

 

[dirtbkr188]

Try getting a sheet of cork gasket paper at an auto parts store that is the same thickness as the original. Then use a hollow punch set to make the holes in the new gasket to match.

How thick is the original one? 1/8"? /1/4"?

 

[Old Guy Too Many Bikes]

I've made one before from a sheet of rubber using a hollow punch and an exacto knife.

 

[RadRacer203]

Try getting a sheet of cork gasket paper at an auto parts store that is the same thickness as the original. Then use a hollow punch set to make the holes in the new gasket to match.

How thick is the original one? 1/8"? /1/4"?

I haven't measured it yet but seems like 1/8" or so? Seems a lot more compressed than normal cork, I might try rubber instead

 

[Tripod]

How old is that e40? Looks like only the fasteners are still available.

 

[RadRacer203]

How old is that e40? Looks like only the fasteners are still available.

From the early 60s, but it was very rare even when it was new. They haven’t made spare parts probably since the mid 70s

 

[RadRacer203]

Got my second one in the mail, I was able to steal that gasket and get the first one to stop leaking, so I'll make a new one when I go through the other generator. I also stole the nicer sheet metal to make the first one look almost new, and aside from the governor needing oil, it runs like new!

 

[Tripod]

Any updates on this? I'm going to keep an eye out for one.