[T3] Weber carbs

[Brian Fye]

Also in all our stock Solex carbs ;)

On 7/11/12, James Lingenfelter <jimmyandcher at yahoo.com> wrote:
>   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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