[T3] Carb o-haul part 1

["Ginger D.&Peter P." <gingerd@teleport.com>]

Part 1:  because I'll probably have more questions later.
    I've got both Solex's apart and cleaned up.  I sanded all the
mating surfaces flat using 250 grit and a piece of glass.  Somebody
overtorqued everything and tweaked the faces.
    The main problem is the rebuild kit is insufficient, as it is for
a 34-PDSIT-2/-3 for 70's bus.  I had heard this was all that is
available.   All the gaskets are fine, but the accel. pump diaphragm
"button" is 1-2mm shorter.  The adjustable pump linkage will not make
up this big a difference.  What have you folks done to correct for
this?  I'm considering drilling off the rivets and swapping
diaphragms...   (the original diaphragms are leaking badly).
    The needle valve set is a little different, but it appears the
geometry is the same.  The old valve has a steel ball at the float
end.  Should I swap?  The old ones appear to work.
    The rebuild kit also comes with 4 o-rings that I can't find a home
for.  Did my old ones dissolve, and disappear?  My 32 PDSIT diagrams
don't show a single o-ring.
    Lastly, once cleaned off, my electro cut-off's have big 6v stamp.
As I've been 12v for over 3 years, I assume they are dead.  They must
burn out in the open position? (chokes are 12v and work fine).

Peter Parker
'66 Square; Phillip
Portland, OR

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