[T3] Webers...

[James Lingenfelter]

    Well, I have yet to actually disconnect the fuel hoses and  
determine exactly what's going on. But I have only noticed the  
fittings rotating in the carb, it didn't seem like they would easily  
pull straight out, although I didn't exactly want to yank on them. So  
perhaps they ARE screw-in fittings that have just loosened? I hope to  
have time to get out there and mess with it on Saturday. Either way,  
sounds like I need to invest in some green loctite.


On Jul 11, 2012, at 9:29 PM, ftalker at gmail.com wrote:

> Hi there
> I've never seen a Weber with press-fit fuel bores, but I admit to  
> knowing little of the ICT models.  All of the IDF's, IDA's and  
> DCNF's are a screw fitting with either the barbed fitting or the  
> banjo fittings, each with compression washers.  In any case the  
> "green" Loctite, as mentioned above works on dry, well cleaned  
> surfaces and not too loose a fit.
> If looseness is obvious and measurable, I'd think about tapping the  
> hole and using a screw-in fitting.  But, the sleeve retainer green  
> stuff is probably all you'll need.
> Years ago, my T-2 stopped dead in the road in rural Colorado and  
> the hose with attached fitting was out of the Solex PICT carb, fuel  
> awash in the compartment.  I hammered it in with a roadside flat  
> rock and kept going.  That's the first of these carbs I repaired,  
> (at home), by tapping and using a screw-in fitting.  I did all the  
> Solexes this way over the years.  I did not know about this Loctite  
> product at the time...if it existed then.
> This, incidentally, was in the early seventies and the bus was,  
> (and still is), a '65, so forty years of this poor design would  
> scare the hell out of me.
> Hope this helps.
> Best regards,
> FE Meek
>
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