1985 Spree after 9 years of it sitting. What can I expect?

[paulpauly7]

thats bad and could cause a air leak

[patthesoundguy]

if the carb threads do strip a little bit will that be fine? because i did see what looked like a tiny little keyring looking piece that was below it when i was working on it

Stripped carb bolts if not repaired could cause a seizure fast. No fun having the carb fall off going over a bump. If they are allready stripped, you can go get slightly longer bolts and put nuts on the end. You will have to file grind the nut thats closest to you when in stalling the carb as the nut wont fit if you dont grind it a bunch. Those bolts need almost no tourque weÔÇÿre talking inch pounds kind of thing.

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[Wheelman-111]

Greetings:

PTSG is absolutely right. Don't even consider riding with an iffy carb mount. The extra-long bolt and nut trick works if you can grind the nut down to fit. Even easier is enlarging the carb and insulator mounts to 9/64ths, then tap the carb holes to 1/4"x20 and use regular hardware-store 1/4 bolts to mount the carb. You don't even need to pre-drill the carb; just run the tap through. The larger diameter makes it a tad stronger, but you must go easy on the Wheaties when tightening steel into pot metal. Just enough to crush the o-ring and not much more. These things strip all too easily in Rookie hands, and most of us have done it at least once.

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