The original 30PICT-1 carburettor in my 1966 1300 was leaking from the throttle shaft. It hasn't been running right for quite some time, and was getting low MPG. Now my 1303 is out of action, I need to get this sorted!
The replacement 30PICT-1 carburettor was pulled from a 1972ish Beetle I found in a local scrapyard. The carb was fully dismantled and thoroughly cleaned and rebuilt with a new kit. I used the 6v pilot jet, main jet and air correction jet from my '66's original carb as the ones in the replacement were for a 1500 (I think). Original had
0125 main jet and 125Z air correction jet, which tally with the specs in my manual.I also changed the oil, cleaned and adjusted the plugs and points to the correct gaps and set the timing (static timing 7.5 BTDC).
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I managed to find a setting that the car runs "okay" at, although the performance - although not bad - isn't as good on acceleration and top speed as I know the car can be. Also the rear apron got really rather hot. Not too hot to touch, but hotter than it has before.
Any ideas on what could be wrong, or how to diagnose?
-- Howard Rose