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Re: GIFT Engine: Restoring a Carette Horizontal
« on: December 30, 2023, 05:55:33 pm »
The gauge glass cover looks original to me. You may only need new "compression plates" and teflon washers underneath the cover to seal it up, assuming the glass tube is the right diameter and isn't cracked, etc. I suspect someone used kerosene in the alcohol burner which sooted things up.