[T3] proper carb spacers?

Sean Bartnik sjbartnik at mac.com
Mon Apr 8 09:40:24 PDT 2019


Yeah that’s the stuff!

If you don’t have the spacers then you definitely have too much heat transfer from the heads and manifolds into the carbs. 

-Sean

> On Apr 8, 2019, at 12:28 PM, Jeff C <knowonelse at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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