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Bud Weaver @ sixpack solutions #2498174 05/20/18 12:21 PM 05/20/18 12:21 PM
Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 193 Sharpsburg Maryland 4 440farmer OP member
440farmer OP member 4 Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 193 Sharpsburg Maryland	How do you get in contact with Bud Weaver Sixpack solutions Was wanting to get those idle screws and tool ? Thanks

Re: Bud Weaver @ sixpack solutions [Re: 440farmer] #2498223 05/20/18 02:03 PM 05/20/18 02:03 PM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 18,157 Mass DAYCLONA I Live Here
DAYCLONA I Live Here Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 18,157 Mass	Originally Posted By 440farmer How do you get in contact with Bud Weaver Sixpack solutions Was wanting to get those idle screws and tool ? Thanks Bud's address is: Forrest Weaver 832 East H street Ontario, California 91764 his Email: supr69bee@roadrunner.com And IIRC Scott Smith (Harms Automotive) was carrying Bud's six-pack solution set screws and tool... Mike

Re: Bud Weaver @ sixpack solutions [Re: 440farmer] #2498232 05/20/18 02:17 PM 05/20/18 02:17 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 42,714 Spokane Washington ScottSmith_Harms Mr Wizzard
ScottSmith_Harms Mr Wizzard Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 42,714 Spokane Washington	Bud moved to Texas and quit making the screws, I believe he had health issues.

Re: Bud Weaver @ sixpack solutions [Re: 440farmer] #2498255 05/20/18 02:48 PM 05/20/18 02:48 PM
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440farmer OP member 4 Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 193 Sharpsburg Maryland	Dam it just my luck Can they be had elsewhere What exactly where they 8-32 screw with that tapered end with a set screw head or hex head ???

Re: Bud Weaver @ sixpack solutions [Re: 440farmer] #2498257 05/20/18 02:49 PM 05/20/18 02:49 PM
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440farmer OP member 4 Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 193 Sharpsburg Maryland	Scott do you carry them?

Re: Bud Weaver @ sixpack solutions [Re: 440farmer] #2498326 05/20/18 06:23 PM 05/20/18 06:23 PM
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DAYCLONA I Live Here Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 18,157 Mass	Originally Posted By 440farmer Dam it just my luck Can they be had elsewhere What exactly where they 8-32 screw with that tapered end with a set screw head or hex head ??? Yes 8-32 thread, and they were Allen head set screws with the ends turned to match the needle seat angle, if you have access to a lathe you could make your own, the tool could be fashioned from a ball head Allen wrench and a compression spring Mike

Re: Bud Weaver @ sixpack solutions [Re: 440farmer] #2498332 05/20/18 06:39 PM 05/20/18 06:39 PM
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440farmer OP member 4 Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 193 Sharpsburg Maryland	Wow thanks for the info I'm a machinist I'll make a couple sets no problem The one in the carb had broke I guess that tool looks like a extended ball allen wrench I did know if it had some type of cable on the end to help get in there -like a speedometer cable thanks for the pics they do the trick and I can get going on this thing

Re: Bud Weaver @ sixpack solutions [Re: 440farmer] #2498333 05/20/18 06:42 PM 05/20/18 06:42 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 42,714 Spokane Washington ScottSmith_Harms Mr Wizzard
ScottSmith_Harms Mr Wizzard Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 42,714 Spokane Washington	Quote: I guess that tool looks like a extended ball allen wrench Correct.

Re: Bud Weaver @ sixpack solutions [Re: 440farmer] #2498334 05/20/18 06:43 PM 05/20/18 06:43 PM
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440farmer OP member 4 Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 193 Sharpsburg Maryland	Wow thanks for the info I'm a machinist I'll make a couple sets no problem The one in the carb had broke I guess that tool looks like a extended ball allen wrench I didn't know if it had some type of cable on the end to help get in there -like a speedometer cable thanks for the pics they do the trick and I can get going on this thing

Re: Bud Weaver @ sixpack solutions [Re: 440farmer] #2498372 05/20/18 08:50 PM 05/20/18 08:50 PM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 18,157 Mass DAYCLONA I Live Here
DAYCLONA I Live Here Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 18,157 Mass	Originally Posted By 440farmer Wow thanks for the info I'm a machinist I'll make a couple sets no problem The one in the carb had broke I guess that tool looks like a extended ball allen wrench I didn't know if it had some type of cable on the end to help get in there -like a speedometer cable thanks for the pics they do the trick and I can get going on this thing There was one version where Bud had cut the end of the Allen ball end wrench, about an 1 1/4" off and reattached it with a stiff compression spring to join the pieces together by just sliding the spring over the two ends so it could flex... but this was his latest tool below Mike

Re: Bud Weaver @ sixpack solutions [Re: 440farmer] #2498397 05/20/18 10:08 PM 05/20/18 10:08 PM
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440farmer OP member 4 Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 193 Sharpsburg Maryland	Ok thanks I work on it tomorrow Thanks for the help

Re: Bud Weaver @ sixpack solutions [Re: 440farmer] #2577978 11/13/18 04:39 PM 11/13/18 04:39 PM
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Dart 383 member D Joined: Nov 2018 Posts: 5 long island	Place a want ad... Last edited by tboomer; 11/13/18 06:38 PM. Reason: not a for sale section

Re: Bud Weaver @ sixpack solutions [Re: 440farmer] #2578141 11/13/18 10:48 PM 11/13/18 10:48 PM
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Dart 383 member D Joined: Nov 2018 Posts: 5 long island	hi, was wondering if you ever got to make any tool and screw that worked on the end carbs .

Re: Bud Weaver @ sixpack solutions [Re: 440farmer] #2578230 11/14/18 01:46 AM 11/14/18 01:46 AM
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Dart 383 member D Joined: Nov 2018 Posts: 5 long island	any luck with making these screws?

Re: Bud Weaver @ sixpack solutions [Re: 440farmer] #2578274 11/14/18 08:57 AM 11/14/18 08:57 AM
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440farmer OP member 4 Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 193 Sharpsburg Maryland	Yeah made the screws and tool ended up makin the tool out of a ball allen wrench and a speedometer cable works fine I don't have a pic right now but made steel sleeves to go from the seedo cable to the allen wrench and then to a small handle Im at work now if I can remember ill take a pic and try to post this evening

Re: Bud Weaver @ sixpack solutions [Re: 440farmer] #2578414 11/14/18 03:49 PM 11/14/18 03:49 PM
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Dart 383 member D Joined: Nov 2018 Posts: 5 long island	great very interested

Re: Bud Weaver @ sixpack solutions [Re: 440farmer] #2578938 11/15/18 09:24 PM 11/15/18 09:24 PM
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1DGEMAN mopar Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 604 TN	What length screw? Did you use a stainless steel screw? Real Men shift for themselves

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