Re: T-quad rebuild

[Matt Palguta <mpalguta@domain.elided>]

From: Nicholas Rayer Jr <nrayer@domain.elided> writes:
Matt,
I have a 80 traveler with a thermoquad also. It now has only 70,000
miles on it. when I got it the carb needed some work from sitting so
long. I found out that the 1980 thermoquad is a little different than
the others. I was able to get rebuilt kits for it, but needed the Carter

number off the carb itself. Even those weren't correct, the air horn
cover gasket wasn't the right one and left me with a vacuum leak. I was
able to use a little epoxy and luckily it works good now. Check closely
the little wells at the bottom of the plastic body. One of mine had came

apart causing hard starting from the fuel running out and into the
motor. I didn't want to run an adapter and a square bore then loose my
original air cleaner, since I drive the Scout daily. Rain, snow, ice or
whatever else Michigan has, so I took my time with the t-quad.
 It has been working fine for a year, although it will occasionaly die
right away when cold and mileage sucks, but I think that is the 3.73
gears.

So far the Borg-Warner kit seems to match, but I'll know more today when
I start & adjust the Scout. The kit was referenced directly from the
vehicle mfg/year in the parts book. The "book" didn't list the floats as
2 required - another trip to the store. Also both plastic (original) and
brass floats were available. I opted for the brass. As for the little
wells at the bottom I can agree with that as I had to reattach one of
mine as well. The gaskets had dried and deteriorated on mine from
sitting which was the primary reason to get the rebuild kit. Took lots
of pictures and they helped. I'll try to put some of these together by
next week.
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