Autosri
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| posted on 5/12/11 at 09:01 AM |
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Fitting weber carbs on softmounts
Hi all first winter of owning the car so it's off the road for a bit to get loads of jobs done on it and one is replace the rubber soft mounts
on the weber dcoe 40s as they are all a little perished
Got one of these kits from eBay Item #: 150711467838.
Basically do I put anything on the sealing surface like lithium grease ect to aid sealing and how tight do I do the nuts with those plastic/rubber
bits between the cup washers
Thanks
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steve m
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| posted on 5/12/11 at 10:00 AM |
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I personly do not like those rubber washers and cups , as you can not gauge how tight or square they are tightening the carb to the manifold,
I have just bought these 160553441361
Much better !!
steve
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Autosri
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| posted on 5/12/11 at 10:18 AM |
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I just bought the rubber type as that's what is fitted at the minute so assumed they would be okay
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Oddified
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| posted on 5/12/11 at 11:23 AM |
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I always found the thackeray washers would break after a while, which cocks one or other carb up/down slightly throwing the carb balance out, the
rubber type last for years.
I set all the gaps between the cap edges to around 3mm (so 3mm of rubber is visible), then they're all the same and tight enough.
Ian
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Autosri
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| posted on 5/12/11 at 11:34 AM |
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Cool that's that's the info I was after mate
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Dusty
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| posted on 5/12/11 at 11:58 AM |
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I also found rubber washers/cups/mishabs were best. Thackery washers used to break at about 1 every 1000 miles and the plastic plate and two big O
rings instead of the mishabs were dogs as well.
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