Let us know how it works. Would be an easy way to fix this kind of damage.

C

SUCCESS!!! :-D

Just wanted to let everyone know that I got the carbs back on today and the car started and ran beautifully! The mixture screws were right where we put them during the last real tune and before I over-tightened them.

Final tip here, to make sure it never happens again, I found it next to impossible to find the "bottom" with the spring, washer, etc., so with the carbs off the car so I could watch from the inside, I removed the spring, rubber o-ring, and washer, and found the bottom. I marked the screw (ground a bit off that side) and the carb, so now I know where not to go past in the future. Worked really well--especially for a novice like me.

Hope this is all helpful to someone else!

P.S. Blue, I've been reading your posts on tuning...maybe I should take back "beautiful" and just say it ran as well as it ever did...you really have some impressive information posted...I'll look it over more carefully now that I have the car running again! Wahooo!

so glad it worked out - always cool to see something repaired with skill and ingenuity vs. the "just throw new parts at it" approach.

you are a hero.

 

now get it tuned to blue's level and post a video!

Heh heh. I'm not sure "hero" is the right noun...I was the one who messed them up in the first place! ;-D  I'll do some more reading on Blue's posts...too bad he's so far away from MN!

Great! Repair looks good and it sounds like you're back to reasonable numbers for where to put the screws.

 

Glad you found someone who had the welding skills to do the repair!