Be thankful that tube stayed in the carb. Once, I fished the remains of one out of a cylinder. Purely ruined my day.
One caution on the evil cleaner - DO NOT put it on a wood bench you want to keep and forget about it for a couple of years. That stuff will eventually eat its way through the can - and the smell is forever... Chuck Kuecker Courtney Hook wrote: > So my daughter phones me on her way to work and explains that her car (a very > minty mint non-deluxe 70 bug) has decided to rev like hell, so she pulled > over and shut it off. I had just rebuilt the 28pict-1 in it as it had a > massive flat spot, and when you only have 1200CC's you need it running well. > (You just have to LOVE Berrymans carb cleaner, totally evil stuff, banned in > many states). > What had happened believe it or not, is the accelerator pump nozzle had not > been staked in enough by me, (I'm a big fan of not using sledgehammers etc. > on delicate parts) so it fell out and went down inside to the bottom of the > carb and jammed the linkage open! Instant 3000 rpm !!! There I was on the > side of the road with the top off the carb (carb still sitting on manifold) > fishing out the nozzle with needlenoses then staking it FIRMLY into it's hole > in the carb body. Sheesh. > Got to admit though, it's running GREAT now! > I smuggled the Berrymans Carb Cleaner across the Canuck border home here on > Vancouver Island and man it's good. Stinks like hell due to all the mega > nasty chemicals in it, but the dip pail inside makes it very easy to use. > That carb was clean as a whistle in 1 hr. soaking, then blown out with air. > Moral of story; sometimes your Leatherman is the only tool handy, and yes, I > did it all with just the Leatherman and an old nail I found on the side of > the road as a punch. > Regards, > Courtney > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > > _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
