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Spring INSIDE of the carb?
I was given the old carburetor from our A4 by the previous owner and decided to disassemble it to get a better understanding of its operation. When I separated the top and bottom, a small torsion spring (about 1/8 dia. by 5/8 inch) fell out on the workbench. It's not shown on any exploded views of the carburetor that I can see. The carburetor is original, without the extra screw that holds the top and bottom together.
Anyone know of a spring used inside the carb? |
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Is your carburetor a Zenith 68 series carburetor? The only two springs in this carburetor are the idle adjusting spring and the poppet valve on the choke butterfly. See Page 2.
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Thanks for the response. Late model engine, it's the original carb, but not the one with the extra bolt holding the top and lower halves together. So, yes I believe it's the Zenith 68. Both of the springs you mention are in place, neither is even the same type. This one is a torsion spring, looks like it is meant to hold something open or provide some resistance to being closed.
I'm not ruling out the possibility that the previous owner put the spring in there to drive me crazy. He's pretty droll. |
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A picture would really help.
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Neil 1977 Catalina 30 San Pedro, California prior boats 1987 Westsail 32, 1970 Catalina 22 Had my hands in a few others |
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Strange stuff. I've heard tales of coke bottles (remember them) inside gas tanks and marbles on a sheet metal ledge in the dashboard. One I've seen personally (worked at a Chevy agency) was on a new car that went up on the lift. Yellow grease pencil on the bottom of the gas tank said 'This is Ford country'.
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Next time I'm at the boat I'll snap a photo of it. I just dropped it back in and put the two halves together.
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Quote:
Rick |
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Many years ago, I (and a bunch of fellow graduate engineers) toured a Ford assembly plant in a city I will leave anonymous.
Along the way, we watched nuts, bolts and screws tossed aside (or dropped in the assembly) when the line got away from the worker. The magical parts:
Oh, one more thing:
And yes, they drove each one away when that master mechanic was done. Bill Last edited by W2ET; 10-07-2020 at 03:01 PM. |
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One last story. Reading the last post I'm reminded of way back in 1972 I was a graduating engineer and had a job offer from a Ford assembly plant producing Mustangs and Montego's. It was a tense pressurized environment as described with cars rolling off the line at 1 per minute. The plant manger was giving me a tour in an electric "golf cart" that had a verticle 4ft angled rod mounted in the front. I inquired if that was some sort of antenna. He answered that they had a lot of Vietnam vets working there and the rod was used to cut thin wires that some disgruntled workers would stretch across an aisle at neck height - they recently lost a supervisor that way. I did not like his characterizations, his answer nor the work place labor relations It was a good offer but I chose another.
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When overhauling an engine if there are any parts left over toss them in the oil pan. After all, they are the property of the customer.
ex TRUE GRIT |
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