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Originally posted by rickg
Do you have air filters on the carbs? A strange thing I learned in my days of messing with VW's with dual carbs is they won't run worth squat without an air filter.
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Funnily enough, no I don't. The bonnet/hood/back of car only closes without it on, which is another problem to look into. Any fix to this? Can you get buy cleaners which don't stick up an extra 3 inches off the top of the engine?! Maybe you'll have to make me some eh? :p
Jim - Thanks for the note on cooling - I wonder about it on hot days, but it's nice and simple to know there's no radiators or water pump to worry about. Where's the fuel filter. When I first ran it after ~8 years of sitting, it would run for only a minute at a time. Turned out to be solid dirt in the fuel tank, which I pressure washed out. Also after sitting for a year, it takes a good 2-3 minutes of turning over before any fuel arrives at the carb. It has one mechanical fuel pump on the engine and that's it.
Paul, yes indeed - I believe it's an early Beck Spyder, imported here from Brazil about 10-12 years ago and never used. It will eventually be fully roadworthy and can go to its real owner who imported it all that time ago.
thanks
Russ