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On Fri, 2005-07-01 at 01:32, Parker-Durost wrote: > > But ... when the engine is running, the carbs appear to pump > > lots of gas out the bypass tube that flows from the float chamber to > > the throat. > > I had this problem also. The first cause was a bad needle valve in a > carb kit (like everyone else). However, I also had reassembled the > floats incorrectly. On Solexs, the float pivot pin needs to go on top > of the copper "clip" spring thing in the slot. In other words, the > pivot wasn't as close to the valve as it should be so it never shut off. > No, the spring goes on top the float pin. http://classicvw.org/gallery/carbs/t_3carb And here is a list of the parts in the carb. http://classicvw.org/gallery/carbs/t_3carb1 Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~