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On 30 Sep 2005 at 9:12, Dave Hall wrote: > I've not heard of it being a frequent problem - John's episode in Wyoming is the > only one I know of. Fuel feed spigot falling out of the carb is much more > common, but I've not had that happen either. Now that I have had happen in my '68 Westie. The bus just stopped running after going over a speed bump. I went back in the back to fiddle with it. I pulled on the accellerator and heard that little brass tube fall into the intake manifold. Ooops! I pulled the carb and managed to shove my head, a flashlight and a pair of hemostats into the engine compartment far enough to see down into the intake. I got the tube out, reinstalled it in the carb and drove home. I've also heard of someone buying a nonrunning beetle and on teardown they found that little tube in the muffler - smashed flat. Martin. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~