Subject: Re: Stuck carb parts
Author: 3haw-@bluefrog.biz
Date: May 8, 2003, 6:43 PM
Post ID: 1712921320
Ray,
Those things are a real bitch. Did you try, without any gas in the carbs,
heating up the outside of the carb to see if they would expand enough to let
the plastic sleeves slide out? Try heating, maybe with a heat gun, and
putting ice cube on plastice sleeve and yank those bad boys out. Using heat
and cold to your advantage may work. Good luck, Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: Ray Hale <ray.-@sfcc.edu>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 5:03 PM
Subject: Stuck carb parts
| Hi, Last night I was tearing into the VHB29 square slide carbs off my Eldo. I've done this before on my old G5 but it's been a while. Problem is with the round plastic sleeve that is stuck inside the carb body where it attaches to the intake manifold. With a camera lens spanner tool I have, I can get it to spin a bit but it won't come out. I tried reattaching carbs to the manifold and while wiggling and pulling and twisting I had hoped to pull them out but no luck. Any suggestions? Are these still available new? (I'd love to just cut them out at this point!) Ray in Gainesville |