I'm not sure what that part of the carb is called, but I already investigated the fuel pump and it seemed fine.
Kyle On Friday, August 23, 2013, wrote: > Unless you're talking about the fuel pump that is not part of the carb. > but is mounted on the engine next to the dizzy. > Pull the hose off an rotate engine by turning alternator pulley, gas > should squirt out. > > Rudy LI Y > -----Original Message----- > From: Kyle Davis <[email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]');>> > To: vintagvw <[email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]');>> > Sent: Fri, Aug 23, 2013 1:24 pm > Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Update on my 66 and the job front. > > Hey John, > > While I was starting the car, and while he was fiddling with the > carb, he noticed the pump at the side of the carb failed to do anything. > > With the gas we captured out of the fuel pump itself, he tossed > into the carb bowl and the car started right up. > > How big of a deal is it to rebuild this carb? I have taken apart > laptops before, so I am no stranger to small bits of parts, but I am leery > of doing it myself. > > Kyle > > On Friday, August 23, 2013, John Sroka wrote: > > Kyle, a few questions as you ponder a rebuild: is the problem you’re > working on that the bug still quits after a mile or so of driving, and is > that still the symptom? When your buddy found the carb was still bad, > do you mean he verified that was the problem? **** > ** ** > It’s possible the carburetor does need a rebuild, but without diagnosis > that may not fix the problem.**** > ** ** > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Kyle Davis > *Sent:* Friday, August 23, 2013 7:23 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [vintagvw] Update on my 66 and the job front.**** > ** ** > Thanks Anil,**** > ** ** > I'll try it your way. My 66 doesn't have mirrors on either visor. ** > ** > ** ** > It is on the list to get, but right now finding a job and > rebuilding the carburetor has to take precedence. **** > ** ** > Kyle > > On Friday, August 23, 2013, Anil Nair wrote:**** > Not sure how the 66 bug visors but on later bugs the mirror is offset > so the visors will only fit one way (the cut-out matches the offset of the > mirror).**** > If there is a screw to tighten the grip on the spindle then I would do > it so the screw is hidden when the visor is up against the roof. If you > need to tighten/loosen it just fold it down. > > ** > ****** > Hope this helps! **** > Anil**** > ** ** > On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 10:04 AM, No Quarter <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > Kyle, I'm not sure what they meant by the throttle body is bad unle > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]');>. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]');> > . > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > Visit the VintagVW archives at > http://mail-archive.com/[email protected] > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/vintagvw/k_4YRwXlYLA/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > 'vintagvw%[email protected]');>. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]');> > . > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Visit the VintagVW archives at http://mail-archive.com/[email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
