[VB] [T2] Good News

[david raistrick]

> Tried to look again - and saw it. It was one of the small brass threaded things (not sure what they are called) that screws into the passenger side of the carb. I put it back in, and tightened it up. Good to go.
>
> My question to all of you - should I have put or should I put some loc-tite on this thing, or was it just a case of my not tightening it properly to begin with?

Common problem - fuel or vacuum inlet?  Or the idle shutoff valve/jet?
  If it's the idle shutoff, I always just screw them in bare and
they're generally fine tightened snug.   A bit of blue loctite won't
hurt anything.

If it's fuel or vacuum - they're usually pressed in, not threaded
(except on early early carbs).   They DO come out (usually the fuel,
with all the fun that comes with that).     I usually knurl the shaft
and install with green loctite (for sleeve assemblies).    For the
plug in the back (FIF) of the carb throat (looks like a freeze plug
type of thing), I install it in a nice bed of fresh jb-weld, then peen
the surrounding metal for good measure.