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On Sat, 2005-06-18 at 21:29, David Sanderson wrote: > Howdy All > > Well, we are ready to try and start the engine. I have rebuilt it and > rebuilt the Solex twin carb setup that I bought from John. Now the > question is - how do I initially set these carbs prior to starting? > Should the adjustments be mid range? Is there anything in particular > that I should look out for? Thanks. Idle mixture screws should be about 1.5- 2 turns out. Idle speed screws should be set at 1 turn in from just touching. There is a spec for the speed screw/throttle plate gap, but I can't find it right now. -- 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~