[T3] Opposite of Terri's problem

[B Fye]

If the electric ones fail, you can take them apart and cap them with a metal tire stem cap.  

Brian Fye

> On Nov 20, 2013, at 4:56 PM, "Dave Hall" <dave at hallvw.clara.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> I helped an overheating Beetle I saw by the side of the motorway near
> Bristol.  The idle cut-off was very loose, and after tightening it , the car
> was running OK again - don't know if the weak mixture had done any lasting
> damage though.
> 
> I've never had one come loose maybe the temp extremes aren't extreme enough
> here in the UK!
> 
> Dave
> UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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> [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Jim Adney
> Sent: 20 November 2013 13:33
> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> Subject: Re: [T3] Opposite of Terri's problem
> 
>> On 19 Nov 2013 at 20:28, Know One wrote:
>> 
>> Well, I have been warned not to do this, but since I already have a 
>> loose fit between the solenoid and the carb, I figure it can't do much 
>> worse damage.
> 
> I'm afraid it CAN do worse damage. Each time they come loose, they rattle
> around a little and damage the threads in the carb body a little more.
> Eventually the threads strip out.  
> 
> I'm told that this is what killed many of the '72-74 dual carb busses.
> 
> The better solution is to clean up the parts and snug them up with some
> LocTite in there. Do this while you still have some decent threads in there.
> Let the carb sit at least overnight before you put gas in it.
> 
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