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On Wed, 2005-01-12 at 12:15, D Ruesch wrote: > Last night I took one of my chokes apart to see whey they're not working. The little coiled wire (element) was broken near one end. Has anybody ever successfully fixed those? I was wondering if regular solder would work or if that would change it's ability to heat. If not, does anybody have a line on where to find replacements? I have dual Solex carbs (34 PDSIT, I believe). > 12V ones are still available. Just about anyplace that has T-2 parts will have them. 34 PDSIT bus chokes are the same as our 32 PDSIT's. 6V choke elements, on the otherhand can be a problem. I might have a couple extras out in the shop, but will have to look. Regretfully, the heating element can't be soldered. The temperature that that wire gets, is higher than most solder's melting point. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~