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On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 22:02, David Sanderson wrote: > Hi Folks > > Well - IT RUNS!!! (movie on the SUDAMA website) Yahoo!!! but ... with > this project there is always a but. I need your help. I put a set of > dual carbs on this engine. I had rebuilt them with the appropriate > kits. 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. My original thought was that the float was not shutting > off the ball valve or that the valve was not working But, the valves > are working - I took the carbs apart and tried to blow air through > them while pushing in on the valve. I tried bending the arm to the > float so that it would shut the valve off earlier but that appeared > not to have an effect. Has anyone else experienced this and gave a > solution or explanation? Thanks > Do you have the plastic piece that goes on to the float pivot pin. That is a common ommision. Also, try putting the original needle valves back in. There have been a lot of reports of the ones in the kits not being of good quality. -- 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~