rebuilt the carb today,  had some trash, gonna try it out tonight

Can you make a " Thing Angel" in the snow? Just crawl under it and flap your legs.

Oh, c'mon, it's only flat on the bottom.....

Look very closely at your fuel pump . The biggest culprit for things like that. Then the needle and seat in carb.

The last time I needed a fuel pump for Joy's convertible, I bought one that turned out to be bad right out of the box.  The second one lasted about 2 months before the piviot pin worked it's way out.  The third one finally worked and held together.  Quality Control just ain't what it used to be . . .

Two biggest problems i have seen with early failures it seems have been fuel pumps and the Taiwan made Cetrifugal advance distributors. 


I  miss the good German stuff.   

You are absolutely right, Zen. 

A long time ago, You could buy a rebuild kit for the orig. German pumps. This is what we had to do at the dealership.

I have one of the old ones but the rebuild kits are 50 or 60 bucks

50 or 60 bucks to rebuild a German pump might not seem like a bad deal after buying three or four Brazilian pumps that fail right off the bat.  Of course, if the kit is new, it might not be any better than the pumps they are building now . . . 

Quote from: travisyoung on January 31, 2011, 08:44:05 AM

I have one of the old ones but the rebuild kits are 50 or 60 bucks

50 or 60 bucks to rebuild a German pump might not seem like a bad deal after buying three or four Brazilian pumps that fail right off the bat.  Of course, if the kit is new, it might not be any better than the pumps they are building now . . . 

My 1300 DP seems to have the OEM VW pump on it with the removable filter in the pump.
I am watching it to see if the etho is going to kill it.
Does any one know if the rebuild kits out of Brasil (with E85 gas) are resistant to the etho?
Thanks.  So far no leaks and the inner screen was clean as a whistle when I pulled it 2 weeks ago to check it.
KC