[T2] false economy

[Dan Bessom]

The best man for the job is always you.

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> On Sep 18, 2016, at 4:16 PM, Robert Mann <robtmann7 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>   My Brasilian W 30BVC (no word Weber on it) was starving my 1600dp engine
> at most revs.  Relief from spraying carb cleaner in the top at high revs
> was noticeable, but extremely short-lived.  After too long, I finally broke
> down and took the whole plurry vehicle to Weber Specialties (near my home),
> who said they'd imported many hundreds of this carb and had a high opinion
> of them.  Upon dismantling, my carb showed bulk muck, varnish, etc -
> indeed the accelerator pump had to be drilled out, solvents not sufficing.
>     I had paid $90 for thorough cleaning of that carb only a few y ago;
> now I suspect that was a fake job subcontracted by a crook mechanic.
>     My conclusion: it can be false economy to delay expert maintenance or
> repair, even at high hourly rate defended with a TV-ad slogan "because I'm
> worth it".
>      Wrinkle: the day after I booked the camper in for this expert work,
> it had suddenly improved to a large extent, spontaneously.  I considered
> cancelling the appt, but kept it on account one of WSpecs mechanics had
> said they could order in some metal to replace missing parts of my rather
> ineffective heating system.  It was soon seen that my fine Canterbury VW
> club 'extractors' were incompatible with any std metal to direct warm air
> fw.  Thus the main expected gain was cancelled.  On the other hand, WSpecs
> happen to have top oem VW fuel piping, which they slapped in along with a
> new 'inline' fuel filter.  The quarter-grand expenditure is good value for
> me.  Having failed to POR-15 the 43-y-old fuel tank I shouldn't assume that
> one chunk of muck spontaneously dislodged will not be soon followed by
> others; and the accelerator pump (of ingenious design in Webers) is worth
> having.
> 
> Robt Mann
> Whangaparaoa, New Zealand
> 1973 1600dp Devon camper
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