[T2] false economy

[Robert Mann]

Dan, you're too kind!

R

On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 10:10 AM, Dan Bessom <grtfldan at gmail.com> wrote:

> The best man for the job is always you.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > 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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