[For Sale: Parts] twin forties

[trev]

not mine, just posting in case someone is in the market:

http://vagdrivers.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=64558

 

[JustinOval]

Cheapy cheap.

 

[Endfloat]

Very cheap! Pity I didnt see them for sale when I was building my engine!

 

[56oval]

yeah if your really lucky youll spend another 200 quid rebuilding and jetting em. if your really lucky that is.

 

[Endfloat]

Even if you spent 300 getting them all sorted it's still cheaper than what I paid for mine.

 

[56oval]

yep but you bought em right and bought em once didnt you?
i'd rather pay a couple of hundred more for brand new than dick about with an unknown entity that probably needs work

bargains are only bargains if the product is fit for purpose, ive seen many many "working perfectly" idfs bought at a bargain, or not so bargain price, with rusted in seized mixture screws, bent throttle shafts, seized and rotted in main jets, rung jets, cracked bodies linkeage arms busted, pump diaphragm rods snapped, thats before you get to the fact that the chokes are not the size you need or the mains airs and idle jets.
one persons version of perfect is another persons version of a bucket of shit!
hell i think i'll buy em, theyre cheap.

 

[RattyOval]

What size engines would they suit?

 

[duts]

yep but you bought em right and bought em once didnt you?
i'd rather pay a couple of hundred more for brand new than dick about with an unknown entity that probably needs work

bargains are only bargains if the product is fit for purpose, ive seen many many "working perfectly" idfs bought at a bargain, or not so bargain price, with rusted in seized mixture screws, bent throttle shafts, seized and rotted in main jets, rung jets, cracked bodies linkeage arms busted, pump diaphragm rods snapped, thats before you get to the fact that the chokes are not the size you need or the mains airs and idle jets.
one persons version of perfect is another persons version of a bucket of shit!
hell i think i'll buy em, theyre cheap.

Always on that fence Ben, one of these days ya'll say what ya really mean!!!LOL. ya make a fair point though in fairness to ya

 

[Endfloat]

Yeah you're right, Ben. Thats why I went by your advice and bought them and I don't regret paying for them at all. I still have 2 shite 40 IDFs myself that are of no use to me whatsoever in my shed too. I must try and flog them on ebay actually.

 

[JustinOval]

yep but you bought em right and bought em once didnt you?
i'd rather pay a couple of hundred more for brand new than dick about with an unknown entity that probably needs work

bargains are only bargains if the product is fit for purpose, ive seen many many "working perfectly" idfs bought at a bargain, or not so bargain price, with rusted in seized mixture screws, bent throttle shafts, seized and rotted in main jets, rung jets, cracked bodies linkeage arms busted, pump diaphragm rods snapped, thats before you get to the fact that the chokes are not the size you need or the mains airs and idle jets.
one persons version of perfect is another persons version of a bucket of shit!
hell i think i'll buy em, theyre cheap.

Very good point(s).

Is it just carbs? No filters, linkage or fanimolds?

Deckie, I have 40's on my 1600, they work really well on it... but the jetting was (obviously) adjusted to suit, which can get expensive.

 

[JustinOval]

Ah, just seen the pics.. they still have the cold start mech. on them, that should be blocked off.

 

[RattyOval]

Ah, just seen the pics.. they still have the cold start mech. on them, that should be blocked off.

so maybe not as simply as stated.

 

[56oval]

its a 5 quid fix.

 

[RattyOval]

What I ment is if this isn't done
What else lurks there

They may be good but I don't have a clue about them to take a chance