The carbymaster has aftermarket kits he has personally developed as an improvement to the OEM needle with matching aftermarket float chamber caps, floats and clips for needle retention.

He is Sydney based so postage time and cost is a factor but the new metal needle with viton tip is meant to virtually eliminate any problems with the plastic needle.

He has an EBay account called Thecarbymaster (one word).

Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!