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On Wed, 2005-05-18 at 18:37, John Jaranson wrote: > You should be able to just rough it up a bit and tap it back in with a > little red loctite. > > The most common reason these come out is that people push the fuel hose > all the way in the brass fitting so that it is up tight against the > carb body and the tighten down the hose clamp. The problem comes when > the engine compartment heats up. The bit of rubber hose between the > clamp and the carb body expands and tries to push the brass fitting out > of the carb. Repeat this enough time and through in the vibration of > the engine and the fitting comes loose. > > To prevent it just leave an 1/8" or so of the brass fitting exposed > between the end of the hose and the carb body when you tighten down > the hose clamp. > John? Have you been reading old VW Tech bulletins?? ;=} -- 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~