Probably not..... I bought one of the Brosol 34-3 Mexi-Carbs and transferred some of the parts from my original German Solex. In essence, I gave the brand new carb a thorough rebuild using a kit from NAPA. The linkage and accel pump were swapped due to alternator clearance problems. I swapped a 130 main jet (slightly richer) in place of the 127.5 stock unit. The gaskets in the NAPA kit were much better than the stock ones (the float bowl leaked when I got it all together and mounted...seeping at the main jet access plug....I had missed replacing the crappy factory metal O-ring gasket). Everything was double-checked: float height, accel pump squirt volume, cutoff solenoid (I dressed the tip with a file to smooth out the rough machining) and initial mix, bypass and throttle stop screw adjustments. I don't know about the Pierburg carb (German-made?) but the Mexi-Braz carbs have poor QC and need fine tuning/checking right out of the box.....it was time well spent as the engine idles and pulls well without stumble or hesitation.
Getting the carb rebushed might cost you as much as buying a new carb. Check with your local machine shop as they might be able to perform the rebush work. Check out Jeff Dreibus...he's "The Old Carb Doctor" in Nebo, N.C. (1-800-945-CARB)...he does rebushing and restoration of old carbs. Looked at doing my original Solex; bushings and truing the mounting flange (which is warped) but the cost was a little dear for me at the time so I went with the Brosol replacement. Mike 73T1 _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
