Edward Taylor wrote:
if she sits for more than 3 days at a time, the plug gets too wet...I'm not sure my petcock is working..I've tried to use it to cut fuel in all 3 positions..waiting for the gas to run out and the engine to starve, but it doesn't happen.



I had a petcock that would not shut off the flow after I installed a new carburetor I bought on eBay. I pulled the petcock off of the carb and found a little hole that allowed the fuel to flow through on every setting. I was able to replace it with the petcock from my old carb.