Limp Dells

Cosmoline is oily and waxy crap and will probably need to clean every fuel related part....not fun at all.

Yeah, especially the accelerator pump diaphragm, jet and ports.  Any crud that gets into the bowls is pulled down into the bottom of the bowl to a port running directly to the accelerator pump.  Pull the pump off the side of the housing and you should be able to thoroughly clean everything in there.

Cleaning the accelerator pump jets can be a MEGA-PITA so remove them (they pop right out, once the cap is removed, but they tend to get stuck in the housing and may need some persuasion) then try blowing 20-30#'s of compressed air BACK through the jet from the discharge hole.  It's really tiny so figure out which side of the jet is "down" when assembled, find that teeny hole and blast back through it.  You can also use a fine wire to probe through the length of the jet tube from the cap end and get anything out of there.  IIRC it's also big enough to get the nozzle of a can of carb cleaner in there to blast it out.

You got my cell #  If not, PM me and I'll give it to you for backup.

Thank you both! My Saturday is set cleaning goo. Rushing always bites you in the butt. Lesson learned.

Ok, I know the narrow part of a venturi is at the top to create the Bernoulli effect but I can't tell on my Dell 30 venturi if I have it in right. Mine are marked "30" -does that go at the top or bottom. Looking down into the carb I can se the "30" and it looks right but it's so slight I'm questioning it. 

I go for it at the top. So that would be the wide part to suck in air and then condense it to restricted air as it enters the intakes.

Measure to be sure ~

And that would be right. The narrowing was so slight I couldn't tell but that was correct. Struggled so long I started doubting. But after hours of re-cleaning and double checking that the accelerator pump squirted like a kid full of lemonade it started up and accelerated nicely. 

Breaking it in today with my son before he leaves for college. Sun is out, car runs, have mimosas, going to be a great day. Will post a like on YouTube. 

As always, thanks!!!

Where does your son go to college?   I remember a summer of classes (1971?) in Boston when I was changing majors - doing classes in Summer was agony, but riding my 10-speed all over Boston/Cambridge in goo d weather was a lot of fun.

Sorry I'm late but, yes, the numbers go at the top of the venturii - otherwise they won't go all the way in.

Don't forget the Hebert's show (VolksFair) on July 29'th in Shrewsbury.   Nice, small show, nice folks, all VW or derivatives. Tom Marantz is coming with his Suby-Coupe, I'll be there with Pearl and they always seem to bring in one or two cars I've never seen before.

Hey Gordon!

Thanks! I was wondering when the Volks Fair was. I'll be there. I'll be at a wine festival in Maine for 2 days before that so I may have red eyes but...

Funny story, we were working on getting our son into the USNA but after three trips to Maryland there was a paperwork snafoo so he got the big "You didn't follow orders.." so he's now at Mass Maritime. I actually think it worked out for the best. Fate is funny. He gets his head shaved soon and he's actually happy about it -go figure. Yes, I got my undergrad in Cambridge and work for Admissions but did he listen to his old man who interviews 7-10 kids a year? Who's a Marshall for incoming freshmen? No. What does the old man know?