Date:         Mon, 20 Nov 1995 16:26:28 -0800 (PST)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         David Schwarze <des@teleport.com>
Subject:      Re: Carbs on '72 Camper

David Preston writes:
> 
> My idle cut-off valve on my left (stock) carb on my 1972 VAN is stripped out. 
> To remedy this I stuck a teflon coated 8mm course thread bolt in the hole.  At
> least it's not leaking fuel from there anymore.   Questions. 1) What harm am I
> doing or problems am I creating?  2) Eventually I am going to fix this, I hear
> (see) a lot of discussions about Webers.  Is this an upgrade that is worth
> while? what is the merits of a Weber over the stock Solex? 

Jeez, a proliferation of posts on the carbs today.

1.  I couldn't get them to run right with the holes simply plugged.  I'm
	told you need a metering device of some kind in there.

2.  Most people seem to think the Webers aren't that good.  My
	experience bears that out, but YMMV.  

If I were you (and I have had the same problem) I would get a carb body
that isn't stripped out and transfer all of your parts onto it.  Come to
think of it, that's what I did.  You could also put a helicoil in there,
but I HATE helicoils.  They make me as mad as a baby with a new tooth.

-David

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David Schwarze                     '73 VW Safare Custom Camper  (Da Boat)
San Diego  (Actually La Mesa)      '72 VW Westfalia Camper      (Da Project)
California, USA                    '73 Capri GT 2800            (Da Beast)
e-mail: des@teleport.com           '87 Mustang Lx 5.0           (14.17@99.34)
http://www.teleport.com/~des       '93 Weber WG-50              (Da Piano)
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