I appreciate what you do for us old Volks Folks and of course, your car is amazing. It is probably just me, but the music that is legal you KZread is very repative and gets in the way of your fine narrative (for me). Maybe most other folks enjoy it.

@kentuckyhotwheels

8 ай бұрын

Agreed, the background music is a bit loud... :) Thanks for your comment, that's what helps me put out better videos...

Love your channel, but you could do one thing to improve it.. You could turn your music down.. I noticed you back it down when speaking, but I think most people would rather not have any.. I've heard some good things about those Chinese carbs.. Not many Chinese things we can brag about.. Thx for bringing us along.. Take care and God Bless...

@kentuckyhotwheels

6 ай бұрын

Will do... :)

Modern VW carb replacements as well as the original suffer the same chronic problems associated with corrosion accelerated by ethanol fuels. The Brosol carb (Brazilian Solex) trys to get over this by substituting plated steel for the brass components to some success especially, when you consider that the air cooled VWs in Brazil run on pure ethanol. The split spindle bushings are most prone to wear and when that happens the fuel/air mixture goes to pot as air is sucked in via the bushes. By far the best course of action is to refurbish the original Solex carb that will be of measurably better quality than anything else using a rebuild kit, substituting delrin machined bushes for the original brass ones.

I am doing the same thing as I screwed one new carb by doing what I thought was right. Very much like your post and the new China carb gets here I will do nothing but install. Thank you for your help.

@kentuckyhotwheels

10 ай бұрын

I will be doing a follow up on this very soon. This particular carb did good for about 3 months, then sort of fell on it's face. For the life of me, I couldn't get it run nearly as good as it did when it was new. Hopefully, you'll have better luck as I'm not really sure what happened to it. I want to try this again in the near future with another no name, off the shelf carb to see if I have better luck with it.

Once I got the timing correct the Thundermingo fired right up! I'm trying to get the idle to go a little higher and have turned the big screw to the left but don't want to go too far. I' unscrewed one all the way before with the engine running. At least gas didn't come pouring out. For $68 this worked just fine until I can rebuild my German Solex Pict 30 -1. Thank you for helping! There aren't many air cooled mechanics left except maybe here on KZread. I also have a 68 with the original H5 engine. Early H5's are supposed to be set at 0 Degrees as per the Bentley manual. It would not crank until I put it at 7.5 degrees BTDC. The engine may have been rebuilt. No telling what the history is but, she's running and tomorrow will be on the road again for a short test drive staying close to home. It has other issues but she's hobbling along still.

I got mine running pretty good for, next summer the engine is coming out so I can do it right. Love all the stories about taking an engine out in twenty minutes. Need a head, where to buy is the question.

Thank you for advice. I put on a China late summer, runs like crap. I will be getting the bug out of storage soon, did not know 5 full turns on the little needle to start. Out 5 turns and hopefully it will better to get her home. Again many thanks. Will be watching a lot.

@kentuckyhotwheels

3 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you very much!

Pretty cool video. I’ve got a 68 and it looks like they replaced the Solex for an aftermarket already. It’s aged and while it still works good going down the road the choke doesn’t seem to work anymore. I’ve adjusted it properly and have voltage to it but still not working. Figure for the money a new carb (same as this one) is worth throwing on especially since it’s purty. Thanks for the video, I was wondering if it’s adjusted out of the box so you answered that question.

@kentuckyhotwheels

4 күн бұрын

It's adjusted to run out of the box..however, you may have to tweak according to climate conditions.

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Would one of these fit a 1969 VW Aircooled 1500?

@kentuckyhotwheels

10 ай бұрын

Yes.

What happened to the 4 tip muffler?

@kentuckyhotwheels

Жыл бұрын

It got a bit rotten..

@vintage76vipergreenBeetle

Жыл бұрын

@@kentuckyhotwheels 😆👍

My carb doesn’t have the idle solenoid. Can I use this carb?

@kentuckyhotwheels

Жыл бұрын

Is it missing? What carb are you currently running?

@Shigs-jg2qx

Жыл бұрын

Solex pict 30

@kentuckyhotwheels

Жыл бұрын

@@Shigs-jg2qx That should have the idle cutoff valve for sure...

Any updates on the carb?

@kentuckyhotwheels

Жыл бұрын

So far, so good...running like a top..Was waiting to see how the warmer weather affected it, but haven't had to adjust on it at all.

@vintage76vipergreenBeetle

Жыл бұрын

@@kentuckyhotwheels Good to know.