Mikuni oil pump lever

[smitty]

I am cleaning up the misc parts in preparation for the receipt of my SBT engine and noticed the steel lever arm coming off the fac :D tory oil punp is rusted to the point where the alignment mark is gone. Where can i get another arm for this pump?

Or should I just block it off and premix ??

Thanks

Smitty

[Iron Flight]

smitty -

I had the same dilemna when I put in my first new SBT engine. My lever was about to fail where the cable attached - I could just see if breaking off, and not seeing it (deep down under the carbs on a 720). My local dealers both had a pile of used oil pumps - and all of their levers had already been removed for re-use, or were corroded off. I ended up converting both my skis to pre-mix, just to make sure no one accidently misfueled one or the other. It's a tough decision, but the lynchpin for me was the cost of a new oil pump. YMMV!

Paul