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On Sat, 2006-04-29 at 13:47, Nick Dabanovic wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > Just looking for some advice really. The standard twin carbs on my 69 > fastback are pretty worn now and I am considering doing something about > it now. > > Ideas so far are: > > 1. Recondition the original ones myself. > 2. Buy some new carbs. > > Can anyone give me any recommendations what to do? What new carbs can > anyone recommend? I don't want the replacement carbs to be much more > thirsty than the standard ones. > If they are original carbs, find a machine shop to rebush the throttle shafts, and you can rebuild them yourself. Just pick up a couple carb kits for them and have at it. Also pick up a carb syncroniser <sp> they are not that expensive.Under $20 US. You know that your carbs are right for the engine, and you won't have to play with finding the right jets if you buy new carbs. BTW, If your engine is dual port, there is a phenolic spacer between the carb and the manifold, that does NOT come in the carb kits. Save you old ones, and cut some paper gaskets and reuse them. -- 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~