Backwoods Engineering!

[bustedgears]

This is the most cheap way I could find to fix my broken carb.

 

[nitrost]

what the hell is it

 

[Mallanaga]

really old chewed gum?

 

[bustedgears]

a 2.5 carb.

The HSN and the other two plugs were stripped and one was cracked.

I'm not buying a $50 carb for an engine that I'm changing in the near future. This will work for now.

oh, I JB Welded it.

 

[Mallanaga]

but... what is that gunk holding it together. i think we could tell it's a carb, lol

 

[bustedgears]

JB WELD. The Quick stuff

 

[Mallanaga]

ahhhh... quality!

 

[ImBroken]

Did the mill run with that, McGuyver?

 

[bustedgears]

I'm still putting it back together. I'll post back when It runs or not.

 

[greenwing7]

I think that might make it hard to adjust the screws

 

[bustedgears]

It's not too bad. I left room for them

 

[olds97_lss]

I hope it sticks for you... I tried jb-weld in a fuel environment and it didn't adhere for very long. I had a cracked tank. It might have been the plastic the tank was made out of though...

 

[OFNA buggy basher]

Good luck with that one...

 

[4u2nv]

oh wow.. That IS flashy..lol.. Just dont get any nitro on it. Nitro tends to weakin it up and make it not stick. (good luck with that..lol) But yeah, keep us all posted on how it works.

Theres no used carbs on ebay for cheap? But yeah $50 for a carb for that mill is crazy.

 

[olds97_lss]

Found a few on ebay for around $25 shipped.
http://cgi.ebay.com/TRAXXAS-REVO-CA...ryZ19168QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[fisherman]

you can jsut buy the body and seals and use the old needles and stuff i think its like only 15 or 10 $ too but you already glued it up and can't use the origional needles.

 

[bustedgears]

Well, I started it last night and it ran. Further testing today.