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Date:         Thu, 4 Aug 94 8:54:28 PDT
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         David Schwarze <schwarze@io.nosc.mil>
Subject:      Re: Sob!! $ob!!

Patrick Tower writes: > > > I want my mommie! (Or at least a nice story from Unca Joel!) :) > After twice getting my bus back from the garage that sold it to me > with less-than satisfactory tuning, I took it to another shop > and was told that the reason it won't stay in tune and gets 13 mpg (!) > is that the carbs (Now I really hate the fact that it's a dual carb!) > need to be rebuilt, at a cost of $1000. Is there an alternative? > Or have I spent $3000 dollars on a 20-year old vehicle just to spend > another $1000 three months later?

I just rebuilt mine for $35. Yes, rebuild kits are available for the dual solexes here for about $17 each. It took only a few hours to do and they work great now! DON'T PAY THE $1,OOO! (I didn't really think you would, but just in case). Hey, I'll drive up there and rebuild them for you for *half* that! Maybe even 1/3 that! :)

-David

============================================================================= David Schwarze '73 VW Safare Custom Camper (Da Boat) SAIC Comsystems, San Diego '73 Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) schwarze@nosc.mil '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Bruiser? Soon...) =============================================================================


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