[T3] proper carb spacers?

[Jeff C]

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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