Webers: resurrect or replace
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:23 pm
first of all there was the vile smelly green gunk which I flushed out .
being a bit minimalist (lazy)I thought I'd just pop them back on and give 'em a go ...start her up for the first time since mid 90's....
I've not played with Webers before hence my reluctance to 'dive in'.
Jason was there to witness she did start but the carbs were flooding like a good'un . ran for a bit but I shut her down 'cos I knew the needle valves needed seeing to ;they were stuck open.
Jason goes home - he's witnessed brief resurrection of twincam lain dormant for 13 years since shortly after its rebuild
So I'm on my slow learning curve ...second try resulted in absolutely nothing and the upshot of it all is that ALL the jets are blocked solid.
(the assumption was that the petrol overflow into the airbox was the ONLY POSSIBLE route of fuel delivery to the engine .
and now I know the the accelerator pump pistons are siezed and the control arms are broken 'cos I pulled em out as gently as I could, but the hooked ends just unhooked themselves from the pistons. The pistons are soaking in redex overnight I'll try again tomorrow . maybe I'll use a little judicious tapping to try and free them.
I found a nice little scanned file ( called dcoe.pdf - part II chapter 11 on DCOE carbs )on the net of weber manual which seems very thorough with photographs and everything
RichC
being a bit minimalist (lazy)I thought I'd just pop them back on and give 'em a go ...start her up for the first time since mid 90's....
I've not played with Webers before hence my reluctance to 'dive in'.
Jason was there to witness she did start but the carbs were flooding like a good'un . ran for a bit but I shut her down 'cos I knew the needle valves needed seeing to ;they were stuck open.
Jason goes home - he's witnessed brief resurrection of twincam lain dormant for 13 years since shortly after its rebuild
So I'm on my slow learning curve ...second try resulted in absolutely nothing and the upshot of it all is that ALL the jets are blocked solid.
(the assumption was that the petrol overflow into the airbox was the ONLY POSSIBLE route of fuel delivery to the engine .
and now I know the the accelerator pump pistons are siezed and the control arms are broken 'cos I pulled em out as gently as I could, but the hooked ends just unhooked themselves from the pistons. The pistons are soaking in redex overnight I'll try again tomorrow . maybe I'll use a little judicious tapping to try and free them.
I found a nice little scanned file ( called dcoe.pdf - part II chapter 11 on DCOE carbs )on the net of weber manual which seems very thorough with photographs and everything
RichC