be gentle ... road gunk ... unions ... black petrol ...
This sounds like a job to pay someone trustworthily competent to do ...
I've owned my SE a few years and I would guess previous services might or might not have included changing the fuel filter. It must be time to change the filter. I suppose I'll have to do my best when I get around to it ....
The bit I don't fancy is the ... unions. Tapered threads? They are a right of passage. Shudder. I suffered bludied knuckles, cold to the bone and severe self doubt under a Morris Minor doing tapered brake hydraulic threads many years ago ...
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