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On Sunday 23 September 2001 05:42, Henrik Larsson wrote: > A few weeks ago I mailed the list about my problems achieving a good > idle on my 1968 Notch. I have now removed the carbs and probably found > out why the carbs were so difficult to synchronize. There is a large > play in the throttle shafts. The worst has a hole in the carb that is > 1.5 mm larger than the throttle shaft. > > I put the carbs back and managed to get an idle of 1000 rpm. The car is > driveable again, although the engine feels weak and hesitates when > accelerating. I will drive the car to the winter storage and rebuild the > carbs during the winter. > > I need to get bushings installed in the carbs or find some better used > carbs. Has anyone done this and how much should I expect to pay to get > new bushings in my carbs? > Rimco here in the states will rebush the throttle shafts. $30 US. http://www.rimcovw.com/misc.htm I don't know about doing it for an overseas customer though. -- Russ Wolfe '71 Fastback AT '66 Fastback MT (not running yet) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe