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Ragman
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Joined: July 18, 2003
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Location: Denver
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 Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:26 pm Post subject: Close call...weber carb |
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Well, am I happy to still have my ragtop! I went for a drive, left my house and all was fine . But once I left my neighborhood, my car began to bog. So, I immediately returned home. One of my webers was DUMPING gas all over the left side of the engine. I am very happy that this did not happen when the engine was HOT, or else I think it would have went up in flames.
I pulled it out today, and found a plug on the side of carb is missing.
Anyone know what the deal is with that? Check the pictures below for the plug I'm talking about...
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Bruce
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 12:36 am Post subject: |
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| I've had that happen to my IDFs. I was lucky enough to be able to find the plug and re-install it. Take a flat punch and peen them all in better. I smeared a dab of RTV over top of all of them afterwards. You could also use JB Weld. |
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MN57oval
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Location: Northern Minnesota
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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Yikes! Really good you weren't warmed up yet!  |
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HBRag
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 11:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Ya, I had one back fire and blow the plug out. I always check the crimp on the casting for this reason. You can put a spot of epoxy on them it it makes you sleep better (after peening) |
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sconord
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| Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:03 am Post subject: |
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is that on a old weber idf? did they change them?
I just ordered a weber 44 idf single.
If it is the same, thanks for the heads up.. 
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Ragman
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Location: Denver
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| Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:25 am Post subject: |
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Yes, the carb is an older weber. I brought the carb down to my friends shop. He's seen this problem before and had a good solution. He tapped the hole for a threaded plug from a Solex carb. It sealed it up real good, and I covered the other one up with epoxy to eliminate another problem.
Thank god for good plug wires! |
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