Correct. And Jack Crosby sent me a broken Weber IDF that the replacement "brass thingie" came from.
@DannyP posted:Correct. And Jack Crosby sent me a broken Weber IDF that the replacement "brass thingie" came from.
Which Danny sent to me after I had ordered one - just so I'd have a spare, ya know.
You can never have too many spare “Thingies”.
@Gordon Nichols posted:There once was a "Brass Thingie" award for Perseverance, which was to be a "traveling" award presented at the yearly Carlisle gathering and passed from recipient to recipient. I believe the last recipient was @edsnova (Lord knows, after so much time spent on his Spyder, he deserved it), but I have not been a Carlisle regular for a few years so I don't know where it is.
But!, and since I made the award in the first place to give to @Lane Anderson after his personal Thingie ordeal, this is what it looks like. BTW, That is a Gen-U-ine Porsche Pre-A Brass Thingie right there......
That's quite the award!
More brass thingy drama, I broker this one while trying to adjust it a bit:
Quick trip to the specialty hardware store, and I'm back in business.
The good news, reassembled everything, car fired right up on the first crank. Then stalled 30-40 seconds later, wouldn't restart. I refilled the bowls, after much head scratching and turning adjustment screws to no avail, and viola, the car fired right up. Then died 30-40 seconds later. I guess I have to take the tops off and adjust the floats.
Spark Plugs. I've tried sockets from 14-18MM, 5/8-3/4, and none of them seem to seat onto the plug. This has to be wrong, but I'm at a bit of a loss what to do. Anyone with any suggestions?
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@vegas356 posted:The good news, reassembled everything, car fired right up on the first crank. Then stalled 30-40 seconds later, wouldn't restart. I refilled the bowls, after much head scratching and turning adjustment screws to no avail, and viola, the car fired right up. Then died 30-40 seconds later. I guess I have to take the tops off and adjust the floats.
There was a time when a crazy guy in Hawaii had the same problem, was tired of taking the tops off of the carbs and tapped the bowls with the wooden handle of his hammer. He said the needle valves came unstuck and the car started up.
But, crazy guy from Hawaii...
@Michael pickett
A tap with a hammer is worth a shot!
@vegas356 posted:More brass thingy drama, I broker this one while trying to adjust it a bit:
Spark Plugs. I've tried sockets from 14-18MM, 5/8-3/4, and none of them seem to seat onto the plug. This has to be wrong, but I'm at a bit of a loss what to do. Anyone with any suggestions?
13/16” was the factory size. Aftermarket heads usually are 18mm.
@ll-rick
Part of the the challenge is I bought this car as it is, and I don't have any info on the build other than is 2332
Some of us would see that more as a "feature"..... 😉
@Gordon Nichols posted:Some of us would see that more as a "feature"..... 😉
Zero idea what that means, Gordon. What’s a feature? 2332, or not knowing anything about it?
@Stan Galat posted:Zero idea what that means, Gordon. What’s a feature? 2332, or not knowing anything about it?
Not knowing much about it. And then all of the discoveries (some good, some not so) of what’cha got under the covers.
The 2332 is great, of course, but there are a bunch of other things being discovered along the way that will make the car special.
Sorry if I was unclear (again). 🫤
2332 is a GREAT feature, just sayin'
@El Frazoo posted:2332 is a GREAT feature, just sayin'
2332 could be a great feature IF it was built with quality parts and a proven combination. It could also be a mismatched, hot running disaster.
@vegas356, did you get a spec sheet with that engine?
About 20,000 miles so far. Running strong. Not without a few basic issues (carb tune, ignition, manifold gaskets, etc) and the basic engine business seems to have been done properly and is sound (knock knock on my wooden head) by a competent commercial builder. Allegedly "blueprinted", whatever that means, properly balanced, etc.
I got distracted by one of my other cars, I’m doing a cut a polish on the fresh paint. My guess is by the end I’ll have 80/90 hours into the cut and polish
not sure how the pic came out this way…
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I found some rebuilt Italian Webers that Mike Pierce from Pierce Manifolds had. After him doing a bit of research to insure they would work, I bought them
Hopefully today they go on the car
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Buy a couple choke block-off plates. No point having them on the car if you're not gonna use them.
I didn’t notice until now there were chokes on these, thanks!
Carbs look REALLY nice.
If it was me, I'd still take the tops off and check for cleanliness and float level adjustment. I don't care who rebuilt them.
I've been sidetracked finishing the cut and polish on one of my other cars.
Nearing the end there, so I took a stab at installing the webers this morning.
As these things go, of course there's a difference between the ones I had, and the webers. The one's I had on the car had throttle levers on both sides
The webers have them only on one side. This presents a problem with the dual carb linkage. The throttle levers are on the wrong side in one of the webers, so the linkage can't be connected.
I'm far from an expert on carbs, I thought I would put this out there to see if anyone knows of a solution.
Thanks in advance for any advice!
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I’m pretty sure they’re made to go on either side like Dellorto. . From the look of the tabs and screw holes, you just need to swap them from one side to the other.
If you’re not up for it, take them back to the guy who rebuilt them.
I’m with Danny, them’s is purdy. Look like my Dell’s when I got them back from Art.
Mike, you can either use the ones for the other side that are now missing(where are they? look at your before cleaning pics) after your rebuild or buy aftermarket thick steel arms from either JayCee or CB Performance.
CB used to make a kit to put the return spring on the other side. Unfortunately, that is no longer. Sadly, Webers MANY years ago were available in left and right.
You need to swap the throttle stop screw and spring on one carb so they are both on the linkage end of the carb in the car.