Do YOU Oil Your Carby linkages ?? I Do...

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

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 9 Sep 2004, 9:35 pm

#230889

Your Carburetor Linkages need to be Lubricated at every oil change.. or sooner..
They used to be done with every oil change at a VW service centre in the 50s & 60s... along with Your VWs door hinges , engine cover & bonnet lock & hinges..

I believe that everything that moves , wears, and that the wear - can be either be stopped all together - or at least slowed down...
Its probably the simplest lubrication job ALL owners of Air Cooled Volkswagens can do... Even You can do it...

So, If it moves, lubricate it... a simple drop of oil onto each moving part... will do the trick... and Your VW will love You for it... its true...

Lee the Lubricator...

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seagull Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,979 posts · joined Dec 2003 · 9 Sep 2004, 9:43 pm

#230897

hee hee i spat out my drum stick ice cream on the screen
( lee the lubricator )

and look paint as well , hee hee

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MickH Hairy Gutted Sloth

3,389 posts · joined Sep 2003 · 9 Sep 2004, 10:18 pm

#230924

seagull wrote:hee hee i spat out my drum stick ice cream on the screen
( lee the lubricator )

and look paint as well , hee hee

LMFAO:bounce

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seagull Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,979 posts · joined Dec 2003 · 9 Sep 2004, 11:05 pm

#230946

? what does that mean :duh
some one tell me * U2U * come on I was a home type child !:alien

[Edited on 9-9-2004 by seagull]

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Andy Andy\'s Adventures

2,820 posts · joined Nov 2002 · 10 Sep 2004, 8:50 am

#231020

Lithium grease for me, not oil. Last longer, works better. 😉