[T3] Weber carbs

[Bobsnotch at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/11/2012 1:01:48 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
bfye at canyonville.net writes:

You can  pean it into place along with the expoxy.

On 7/11/12, James  Lingenfelter <jimmyandcher at yahoo.com> wrote:
>     Epoxy.... hmmmm. Well, one more thing on my to do list!
>
> On Jul  11, 2012, at 4:15 AM, Dave Hall wrote:
>
>> I guess vibration  and the weight of the hose on the spigot.
>>
>> You need  those tight in there, or you risk an engine fire if one
>> drops  out.
>> I think the recommendation is to reinsert with expoxy  (eg
>> Araldite), but
>> I've not needed it on mine yet, so  have no experience of the repair.



My son's right carb just did this last friday night. We knurled the brass  
tube, and applied some green loctite (bearing and sleeve retainer) to it. 
and  tapped it in place. So far so good. Note, this is 4 years after the left 
carb  did the same thing (same repair done to it too.  

Bob 65 Notch  S with sunroof and IRS (Krusty)
64 T-34 Ghia  (Wolfie)
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