1972 bus project IDEAS WELCOME!

[busdaddy]

If the moving screw you are referring to is the nut on the end of the throttle shaft and you can wiggle it up and down then yes, there's no way in hell you will get it to run properly without rebushing the shafts.
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[Stuartzickefoose]

alright. keifernet? i geuss your getting my buisness, bc i wont trust a fricken chevy mech who knows nothing to fix it.

Thanks, ill keep this tread up to date with my progress.

Stuart
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[Stuartzickefoose]

i figure that i may just run a single carb while i wait for my carbs to be rebuilt, if i decide to rebuild them. what would i need to do the swap? intake manifold, i have a few spare carbs for my bug, what else would i need to do?

i know the bug parts may be too little to get my bus up to maximum performance level, but i would be happy with it moving up my driveway right now

Thanks
Stuart
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[Randy in Maine]

You are killing yourself. Single carbs are a loser on a type 4 engine. Don't do it. Same with a 009. Another loser because it cannot deliver the advance your engine wants to see.

Send you carbs off to have them rebuilt AND re-bushed if needed. A good used SVDA distributor would be a huge advange over a 009. Your carbs and distributor have to work together for best results.

[Stuartzickefoose]

i read up on that before, and i realize that. i also know that running at all is better than non, and i have gotten a free dizzy with pertronix and a intake and single carb for 20 from the same guy, and if that gets my bus goin, then ill wtart working on getting better performance from it. i also have to save up for the dual carb rebuilds. so if i can pay 20 and drive it for the 6 months im saving up, then i get 6 months of driving, then i get the rest (after the fix) of great driving.....take your pick.



thanks for the input, and i plan on testing out a few dizzys i have once i get the engine going, but i want to know it runs period first.

Thanks Again

Stuart
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[pkrboo]

good idea
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[Stuartzickefoose]

especially since it will be the first time runnning since 1985....when it got parked because of the carbs. (just figured this out)

Stuart
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[Stuartzickefoose]

JUST hit the jackpot and was surfing CL and the guy JUST posted 6 month old dual carb (solexs) for 200! with all the linkage and stuff, tuned and ready to go.

who thinks thats resonably AWESOME????

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[pkrboo]

Good price if everything is there. They will still need fine tuning for your engine but should be a good start point
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[jeremysmithatshawdotca]

When you put it in, check that the engine is at tdc by watching the valves, not by any of the marks (flywheel, distributor rim, etc). You don't know who has done what to that motor, or how much care they took when doing it. When you know that the motor is at tdc, then you can check the marks to see if in fact they are reliable.

[Stuartzickefoose]

will do. prolly shouldnt be a problem considoring the history of the car.

Stuart
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[Stuartzickefoose]

i got some new carbs (used)
they are dual 32/34 solex carbs. anybody have info on hooking up the linkage? the guy i got them from wasnt a very big help....


the throttle shaft on one of the carbs moves maybe .002-.010 of an inch. is that alot? too much? it just barely clicks when i try really hard to get it to move up and down. other one is solid.

Stuart
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[Stuartzickefoose]

okay, so i got new carbs and used there lower throttle plates and stuff with my old carbs, and it seemed to work okay.
unitl it went, ka klunk

i froze, fear enveloping my body.


i tryed cranking it, and i heard, crank crank crank ka KLUNK crank crank crank Ka KLUNK.


HELP?
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[TomWesty]

The carbs made the noise or the engine did?

[Stuartzickefoose]

engine.

there is a very small chance i dropped a 2 inch tiny screw down the intake, but i dont know for sure.

it kinda sounded like a rod, which i hope its NOT.
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[TomWesty]

I was going to ask if you may have dropped something since you were putting the new carbs on. A 2" screw could cause all kinds of damage. Don't crank it any more. You may have to drop the engine and pull the head on that side to see what damage has been done to valves/piston.

[Stuartzickefoose]

isnt it possible to pull the head with the engine in the car?

Stuart
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[maximan1]

[camp]

And to think that the bus would probaly been running if he would have listened to Randy in Maine and learned how to set the timing...
As Randy said... he is just killing himself doing everything but what it would take to get the ol bus running...
Just my thoughts after reading the entire post...

[Stuartzickefoose]

how would setting the timing help? i had bad throttle plate shafts, and a bad dizzy, and i dropped a screw down the intake. where does timing help???
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