Checking adjustments on Carb last night I found the fast idle cam screw is stripped. Is there a time cert or helicoil small enough to do this?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but i have 7/32 x 28 tpi. for screw size.

OR....another idea beside changing out the carb body?

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65 Monza Coupe
61 500 Coupe-W100181
Earliest '61 Alive?

Wagon, I see what you are saying.

Is this how I shoulsd search- (#12 x 28) tpi?

65 Monza Coupe
61 500 Coupe-W100181
Earliest '61 Alive?

Yup.

Been aircooled since 1973
Northwest Ohio 45840

Going to try a tap tool first. Not sure if there is enough material to repair the threads that way.

If that doesn't work, I have another carb bottom.

65 Monza Coupe
61 500 Coupe-W100181
Earliest '61 Alive?

if it was 7/32 stripped maybe tap for 8/32 or drill and tap for 10/32 and keep the otherwise good working matching carb bottom. new spring and screw should be available at most hardware stores.
our tap chart here on the wall doesn't show 7/32 sorry

Rod Tetrault
El Cajon , CA
65 Corsa Yenko Clone / 65 Corsa EO Creampuff Vert
66 Corsa "JIMISH" Mid engine Turbo LS1 currently 2nd fastest Corvair in the USA
Corvair powered Buggy x 3
Enough hidden parts to build a space ship

I have soldered on the appropriate sized nut when something like (steel) throttle linkage gets striped out. Unfortunately sometimes the threaded portion is in the non-ferrous carb body that obviously can't be soldered to.

It would be a pain to adjust but if one lacked solder skills they could used a nut on either side to lock the screw once set.

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Wagon Master Wrote:
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> ???
> #12-24 machine screw takes a #16 drill bit which is .1770.
> Murphy is measuring the outside dia. of the fastener at 7/32" or .2188
> Both 8-32 and 10-32 are a smaller size fastener.
> As the first number goes up, so does the screw diameter. Unlike sheet metal and wire gauge.


oops , no wonder 7/32 screws weren't on my tap chart ! I missed the x28tpi
6/32
8/32
10/32

He might get lucky with an M5 screw

Rod Tetrault
El Cajon , CA
65 Corsa Yenko Clone / 65 Corsa EO Creampuff Vert
66 Corsa "JIMISH" Mid engine Turbo LS1 currently 2nd fastest Corvair in the USA
Corvair powered Buggy x 3
Enough hidden parts to build a space ship

I had to order a tap tool for this. Be here in a day or so. I'll try to repair the threads first.

Murphy

65 Monza Coupe
61 500 Coupe-W100181
Earliest '61 Alive?

Metal type epoxy. J B Weld, Plastic Steel, the stuff you cut and mash together out of a cigar type tube. Fill hole, grease that bolt and screw in gently. Let dry. When cured, remove screw and install again with the fast idle cam.

Frank DuVal

Fredericksburg, VA



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/20/2022 06:07PM by Frank DuVal.

Frank,

Thanks, Thats a great trick. Thanks.
Murphy

65 Monza Coupe
61 500 Coupe-W100181
Earliest '61 Alive?