[T3] proper carb spacers?

Sean Bartnik sjbartnik at mac.com
Mon Apr 8 09:44:49 PDT 2019


I don’t know if those will work for our 32 PDSITs. Might want to check with them before ordering. Might also be worth reaching out to ISP West to see if they have any. ISP also has the carb base gaskets (order 4). 

-Sean

> On Apr 8, 2019, at 12:42 PM, David Yaghoubian <goob at roadrunner.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks! Pretty sure mine are missing (!) This is the correct spacer, yes?
> 
> https://www.thegansmann.com/products/late-pict-ict-phenolic-spacer
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: type3-vwtype3.org <type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org> On Behalf Of Jeff C
> Sent: Monday, April 8, 2019 9:29 AM
> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> Subject: Re: [T3] proper carb spacers?
> 
> The spacer appears to be missing on yours, Dave.
> 
> Here is a shot of a carb on my '67.
> It's the black object just under 1/4" thick with gaskets above and below it.
> https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-3P5b4wVQAP2hQn2CIHQCv8Tld7hH5qM
> 
> Jeff
> '67 Sqbk
> 
>> On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 9:22 AM David Yaghoubian <goob at roadrunner.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks for the reply and photo. Pretty carb! So are you saying that under
>> the carb in your photo (and mine) there should be a phenolic spacer? I can
>> see what looks like a gasket under mine, but it isn't very thick. Do you
>> possibly have a photo of a phenolic spacer so I can determine whether or
>> not this is the/a culprit? Thanks again,
>> Dave
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: type3-vwtype3.org <type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org> On
>> Behalf Of Sean Bartnik
>> Sent: Monday, April 8, 2019 7:31 AM
>> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
>> Subject: Re: [T3] proper carb spacers?
>> 
>> As a follow-up, here’s a pic of one of my freshly-rebuilt carbs out of the
>> car:
>> 
>> https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-Q7dcNkm/0/4ac39f17/X2/i-Q7dcNkm-X2.jpg
>> 
>> This just shows the carb with throttle valve section installed. There are
>> no spacers shown in this photo.
>> 
>> -Sean
>> 
>>> On Apr 8, 2019, at 10:13 AM, Sean Bartnik <sjbartnik at mac.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I’m sorry you’re having such trouble with vapor lock. I also run a dual
>> carb setup with stock mechanical fuel pump and I’ve never had a vapor lock
>> issue even in the worst of summer (95 degrees with 90% humidity).
>>> 
>>> I looked at your pictures and they’re not quite clear (and I’m also used
>> to seeing a single port manifold, not dual port), but it appears to me in
>> your photos that you don’t have any phenolic spacers at all.
>>> 
>>> I just see the carb body with the throttle plate section below it
>> (removable on these carbs from the main body) and then the manifold.
>>> 
>>> I see the gasket between the main carb body and the throttle valve
>> section, but I see no spacer below that between carb and manifold.
>>> 
>>> -Sean
>>> 
>>>> On Apr 8, 2019, at 6:13 AM, David Yaghoubian <goob at roadrunner.com>
>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Now focusing on the carbs to continue trying to figure out my vapor lock
>>>> issue, do I have the correct spacers under my carbs? Sorry to have to
>> ask
>>>> but my Bentley is 1968 and up, and the photos in the Haynes and
>> Scientific
>>>> American don't show the spacers/gaskets clearly.
>> 
>> 
>> 
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