Tips for rebuilding a solex carb

gotthebug65 Slammed & Awesome Dubber

81 posts · joined Apr 2012 · 23 May 2013, 5:49 pm

#956795

Hi im just about to rebuild my 31 solex any tips would be great cheers

Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,785 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 23 May 2013, 6:48 pm

#956810

lots of youtubes on rebuilding Picts
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=vw+pict+rebuild&oq=vw+pict+rebuild&gs_l=youtube.3...271.3508.0.3828.15.15.0.0.0.0.248.2100.5j9j1.15.0...0.0...1ac.1.11.youtube.jFiz_MBMKS8

not so much on 31's

Futue te ipsum!!!

gotthebug65 Slammed & Awesome Dubber

81 posts · joined Apr 2012 · 23 May 2013, 8:15 pm

#956824

Bizarre wrote:lots of youtubes on rebuilding Picts
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=vw+pict+rebuild&oq=vw+pict+rebuild&gs_l=youtube.3...271.3508.0.3828.15.15.0.0.0.0.248.2100.5j9j1.15.0...0.0...1ac.1.11.youtube.jFiz_MBMKS8

not so much on 31's

cheers

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 24 May 2013, 12:15 am

#956852

gotthebug65 wrote:Hi im just about to rebuild my 31 solex any tips would be great cheers

31PICT 2 or 3 are similar to the later 34 PICT 3 and 4..

You shouldn't any problems...

The 31s are less complicated.. than the 34s..

cheers

LEE

PS: just make sure You have no parts left over.. lol
and that the needle and seat are fitted correctly
[under the top of the carby] main thing to check.. Lee

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gotthebug65 Slammed & Awesome Dubber

81 posts · joined Apr 2012 · 25 May 2013, 11:02 am

#956982

68AutoBug wrote:
gotthebug65 wrote:Hi im just about to rebuild my 31 solex any tips would be great cheers
31PICT 2 or 3 are similar to the later 34 PICT 3 and 4..

You shouldn't any problems...

The 31s are less complicated.. than the 34s..

cheers

LEE

PS: just make sure You have no parts left over.. lol
and that the needle and seat are fitted correctly
[under the top of the carby] main thing to check.. Lee

cheers

thanks Lee