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On Sun, 2004-01-18 at 17:08, Mark Seaton wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Petri O. Calderon Larjanko" <petri@unsw.edu.au> > > > I opened the top of the carb and peered in: there was no > > petrol in there, yet none could go in. I then noticed a few small metal > > pieces at the bottom of the chamber underneath the floater: > > 1. A thin metal rod about 2-3cm long > > 2. A small bearing > > 3. A cylindrical metal object that had a threaded hole in the inside (the > > cylinder was about 5mm in diameter and about 7mm long). > > > Mark is right, these sound like the float pivot rod, and the check ball and plug from the accelerator pump. The internal threads on the brass plug is the same as the screw that holds the tail light lens. I keep one in my tool box to pull that plug when cleaning the carbs. If you are missing the brass spring that holds the float pivot rod down, I have in a pinch whittled one from a piece of wood until I could locate another. Flush with the top of the bowl, and a notch on the bottom side to clear the float arm. The newer ones were plastic. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org