Dean, I did not know that they have a cold start circuit and had to look it up, from what I read on this thread it sounds like you need to either have it working correctly or properly disable (drill and tap a set screw to keep the plungers permanently in their lowest position) to avoid idle problems. Check out this thread: https://shoptalkforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=147467
Regards, Dan On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 3:05 PM D Johnson <dean.g.johns...@gmail.com> wrote: > Turns out my carbs didn't need much soaking at all, but they were full of > 'mud'. The inlet filters were nearly packed with black material. A little > simple green, worked a treat, and compressed air ensured that all my > passages open. Thank you for the warnings about over soaking. > > I do have another question though. On one carb, the cold start pistons are > immovable. I didn't apply much force as I believe if they are stuck down > then I'm good to go. On the other carb, they move freely and I > reassembled them as they should be. I, of course, do not have choke levers > on these so they shouldn't operate anyway. Before I reinstall the carbs in > the car, should I disable the cold start circuits so they don't dribble gas > when I don't want it, or I am ok with one stuck down and one free to move > (with no way to move it)? > > BTW the carbs had not been used much as I switched to a single carb due to > overly restrictive heads (the dual carbs made no difference). But they had > sat with gas in them, my fault, for twenty years. > > Dean > 1971 Super Beetle 1915 cc Dual Weber 44 IDF > > -- > Visit the VintagVW archives at > http://www.mail-archive.com/vintagvw@googlegroups.com > --- > 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 vintagvw+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vintagvw/CAOm0kBn-SU_RuXUyz8iysiauQfC91r%2BCA11mKF5WRpjsBwMTPQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vintagvw/CAOm0kBn-SU_RuXUyz8iysiauQfC91r%2BCA11mKF5WRpjsBwMTPQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Visit the VintagVW archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/vintagvw@googlegroups.com --- 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 vintagvw+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vintagvw/CANyhGbvwki2ARHM92LWctc-mPw5usyQBrJ6Wo-MtMNBa0Y2yJw%40mail.gmail.com.
