[T3] Weber carbs

[James Lingenfelter]

That's what I was thinking, although I've never had one of those come  
out either.

On Jul 11, 2012, at 5:16 PM, Brian Fye wrote:

> 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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