Small parts for Weber carb

[mlrailguy]

While rebuilding my 48's I seem to have misplaced the little retainer for the cold start valve spring. does any body know of a good source to get misc. small parts? Here is a pic of what I'm needing. Thanks

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[CentralWAbaja]

Check Seattle Craigslist. There's a guy that sells a ton of VW parts by the name of Keith. That is where I bought all of my motor internals for the old school car. He sells a ton of carb stuff and from what I remember had a pretty significant parts bin. If you don't have any luck finding him PM me. I'll look through my old emails

[sideshow]

I hate that little lock washer looking thing that is on top of that, I have one that self ejects when I take the top off, so I routinely am searching the floor for that part also.

Maybe the better approach is to disable that enrichment circuit at the carb body?

[mlrailguy]

is it really needed? The choke is blocked off anyway

[sideshow]

Its not the choke but rather fuel enrichment (end result the same). I would think that blocking the manifold side passage would be sufficient. The cover plate does nothing and is just for show.

But I have never heard of a small round bar of aluminum and a dab of JB weld being jammed up that passage from the bottom (buttery fly area side pocket) doing the trick.