Need advice

Soooooo, a bit more about the original topic.  I've considered the carbs about 95% dialed in, but the last bit hasn't been so bad as to inspire me to worry about it.  At one point today at Cars and Coffee I was discussing Webers with a friend who has triple side-drafts on his Aston Martin DB6 and I was pointing out the air-bleed screws that are used to balance fore and aft on a single carb.  He didn't know if his even had those, but then he pointed out to me that the air-bleed screw on one of mine had backed out and was almost falling out.  I tightened it and checked the others (all good).  On the way home I noticed that my idle was now steady at 1000 RPM (used to go up to 1300 when warm), and that I had almost none of the popping in the carbs I had noticed.  I think I am now within a couple of percent of perfect, so I am happy.  A little more tweaking should do the trick.  I'm feeling a lot more comfortable with Webers now.

 

And now back to our irregularly scheduled thread drift.

Oooooo, 19 pages!!!!!!! 

Good to hear it Lane! You learn something new every day.

 

Just think of all you have learned about Webers because of that one little part.

 

Glad to hear she's almost whole again.

Ted

All because of a loose air bleed and missing choke/enrichment parts. Well, you learned something........

It is time to review that post from Sacto Mitch about all the little noises and things that you think might be amiss, and about to rear their ugly heads.........

 

Or, you can take the "Car Talk" approach - Turn up the radio and drive it!

With the fan and the sidewinder, who needs a freakin' radio??  The engine makes all the music I need.

 

PS to Lane: I'm glad to hear that your engine is running fine these days, but don't get too comfy there, big fella.  With the Webers, anything can happen, at any time.  But, if you want to know what REALLY irks me it is this: you are out running cars and coffee, and I'm shoveling snow with air temps in the teens and trying to keep a good fire up in the wood stove.  Oh, I do dislike winter . . .

"Oh, I do dislike winter . . ."

 

There are things that you can do about it, you know.  By the way, they're predicting record lows (low 20s) here for the next few days, but we could be near 70 by Sunday.

 

Yeah, I'm evil.

Yeah, we're going to get some warm weather on Sunday as well. 40 and rain, which means that if you have snow on your roof and the ice dams have built up , you have a shot at a leaking roof. If you're not here and the house is not heated, no ice dams.

 

why am I not in the Keys....

Alice and I drove the 836 miles from Charlotte to Hot Springs yesterday---left at 5 am and pulled into here 12 hours later.  We still averaged almost 70 counting gas stops but it was no fun.  We saw at least 20 semi's that had slipped in the ice into the median---some had the contents spilled everywhere.  Also a couple dozen cars that wrecked also.  We drove Alice's new Santa Fe and although it is not 4 wheel drive, it ran great on the icy highways.  Crummy trip but we're glad it was safe for us.

 

Spring needs to hurry up and get here!!!!

 

Sorry to change the subject from Lane's carb-fixing skills but changing the subject is how we got this thread to 19 pages in the first place isn't it? 

 

BTW---is 19 pages  a record?

I think Lane is as responsible as anyone for the thread drift....but what the hell....we need to drift.  Lane is driving his car around, his carbs are fine and that's good for all of us.

 

Crank off a few miles for us, Lane.

 

Jack, you guys are road warriors. Sea you at Carlisle.

Did someone saying drifting.

 

If you've never driven a car at 40+ mph and then drifted around a few corners you should try it at least once.  It is a blast.

 

I've also been drifting in a Polaris RZR on dirt logging roads.  That's a blast also.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-a6Dl1YE2Y

My goal is 20 pages, so we need to get busy, but yeah, I think 19 is a record.

 

Drift?  Me?  I have no idea what you're...  SQUIRREL!!!!!

what is the problem with thread drift ? 

Lane, lets stay on topic here.

Go out to the garage and dismantle one or more carburetors. When done, reassemble and report back...

We will make 30 if you follow my instructions. 

We need hourly updates on your progress in locating the errant brass "thingie" from your Weber....  That should get us to page 20 by sunset....

 

Given that Pam and I have dinner plans this evening and I am at work right now, I don't think I'll be finding it today.  I expect that a full garage cleaning would be necessary anyway.  I'll wait until it warms up a little first.

You never know what you'll find when you clean out your garage.  You may find one or two, or many more thingies you have probably lost in there.

Perhaps including my mind?

Nope....You've got the "Madness".

 

Your mind will be lost forever.

"Drifting"?? Isn't that what Gordon has been doing the past few weeks??

 

Thread drift:  it's what we live for.

 

Unless we can go out and do some four wheel drifting (aka: steering with the right foot) of our own.

 

The first car storage building ever to be referred to as a 'garage' was built by the New York Automobile Club in 1902 for the joint use of its members. The term 'garage' was adopted from a French word that meant a shelter for ships.

 

Why, when we're at a loss for a new word, do we so often borrow from the French? Do they have an excess of spare words they're not using? Do we think the, well Frenchiness of the word gives it a classier patina?

 

Maybe the New York Automobile Club was worried what their neighbors would think about a building that smelled of oil and gas and exhaust fumes and was more likely to catch fire than a barn or carriage shed.

 

Apparently, private garages for the storage and maintenance of individual cars would come along later, probably shortly after the invention of the Weber carburetor.

 

 

I thought Gordon was dealing with snow drifts.  Now he has to be concerned with threa drifts??  That's a lot of drifting.

This dude's up to the task...   

Well, since we're drifting aimlessly;

 

 

20 pages can't be far off.  The only drifting going on hereabouts today will be of the snow flake variety.  Coming down hard just now, and heading to a half a foot or so, then sleet and ice, and finally rain later.  Gonna be a total disaster.  Ugh!!

I dunno, Kelly...

...we might have to stretch...

...this to 20 pages. 

Nah, you need 40 posts per page (unless you can customize that per user). My post is 30.

I found another Speedster for Teby:

 

This is the description from the ad:

 

Take a drive through the country, put out a fire or win the race! Our steel bodied speedsters are equipped with fun! With detailed chrome accents, a working steering column, plastic fenders and rubber tires, these speedsters will get you moving for hours on end! Measures 29 long! Ages over 18 months. ADULT ASSEMBLY REQUIRED

 

Looks like Teby would need help with the assembly though.

 

http://www.schylling.com/p/silver-speedster

EQUIPPED WITH FUN! Someone make a badge or a sticker!

Lane, you are hereby forbidden to futz with those carbs at Carlisle. If you violate this order, you will not be allowed to drink beer OR have an egg sammie!

Danny, isn't there a Pennsylvania statute that states  "…and thereby forbids Lane Anderson from doing ANY adjustment, replacement, modification, or any facsimile of engine tweaking during Carlisle events"? 

I second that motion!!

 

If I give into the pressure you guys are putting on me and drive the Speedster, the only work that could happen would be a carb blessing by shaman Pipperato.

All right guys.....  This thread needs only 5, FIVE, V, entries to get to page twenty....

Let the keyboard slaughter begin.....

Only 5 or is it now just 4??

Where were we?

 

Hi

bonjour