[T3] Weber carbs

[James Lingenfelter]

  I have never rebuilt a Weber carb, and don't recall having one of  
those fuel hose fittings out of the carb, so forgive my ignorance on  
this subject; so originally these fittings are simply force fit into  
the carb, with smooth surfaces all around, with no type of adhesive,  
and expected to stay in? That seems a little insane and dangerous to  
me. It's one thing on a vacuum fitting, but on a fuel line fitting  
where looseness could result in disaster, it just seems silly.

On Jul 11, 2012, at 10:56 AM, Bobsnotch at aol.com wrote:

>
> 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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