Hi. I've a service kit for my carburettor. Any tips as I haven't taken it off or apart before...there are a lot of little bits. First time so a tad nervous... Be kind Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk
Be afraid…be very afraid. Take lots of pics as you take it apart so you know where you went wrong putting it back together. And be gentle, it’s a precision instrument often ‘serviced’ by gorillas – not that I’m saying you are one. And don’t lose any of the little bits, they’re all there for a reason.
Not at all. She runs great. But when it was at Beetlelink having a new alternator they suggested giving the carb a clean and putting new gaskets in.
Plus. It can only be a good thing to do for me as well as the bus. More engine knowledge, skills and confidence.
Get an exploded diagram from the web, whip the carb off and just follow your nose. Get a can of carb cleaner and some air dusters and blow every orifice/passage out. Then stick it all back together again. Better still, chuck the carb over the fence and fit a pair of Dellortos
She runs great you say, so I would leave it alone, unless there are fuel leaks. Keep the refurb kit for when you really need it.
The main bit to not lose is the tiny C clip on the choke arm and the bit of plastic the choke operating link slides through. With the Progressive most bits stay put when you undo the 5 screws holding the top plate on and pop the C clip.. Its not that bad. Just two carburettors. Of all the parts the bit I would replace is the needle valve. I have worn out three in 60000 miles. Mind you 30000 of those was sitting on top of a very rattly engine, the one that eventually blew up.. If you leave it , eventually it leaks with a full fuel tank and fills the sump with petrol.
Top tip if you get round to stripping a Solex: don't drop the teeny-weeny auxiliary idle jet in the flower bed. A...friend...did that, took him ages to find it. So he told me.
