sleddogg

Hey Gang, I got my redline weber adapter in the mail a couple days ago and installed it today. I put my rebuilt 32/36 Weber on her and tried to fire her up. It ran for about 2 seconds and died. It was cold so, I kept my foot in it. Engine sounds like it's starving for gas, have to keep it in high RPM to keep it running, but missing and generally running poorly. Allowed it to warm up, turned idle WAY up to keep it going and started trying to find vacuum leaks. It was idling so high, it was hard to discern much difference if I had found one. But I discovered that if I put my hand over the top of the carb, it smooths out a bit and the RPM increase. If I close the choke, the RPM increase. I was able to get a RPM increase out of spraying the gaskets around the adapter. Big surprise. Took everything apart and retorqued all the hardware, reinstalled and same thing. Checked float level in carb, blew out all passages again, same thing. I suspect I am sucking some pretty good vacuum causing all of this to happen. I am about to go ballistic on this thing Forgot to mention, I attempted to adjust mixture, but the screw is making no difference good or bad. So, disassembled again. Took the adapter in the house and held the two parts together, (without a gasket) up to the light and I can see light between the two. Of course, gasket should take up this variance, I would hope. My plea for help is, where do I go from here? Any things I should look for that I haven't. Carburetor or adapter or who knows what? I am at the end of my rope. Thanks a ton guys, without this site, I would have gave up on this monster a while back. Oh, it's a '86 wagon EA82. Jesse

That's good news about non-feedback ea-82 carbs. I will continue on. Thanks for the reply on the ea-81 carbs, I thought there might be a difference in the mounting pattern, but now I know. Thank you for your replies Jesse

Hello, I am hoping for some help with carb question. I have seen much good info on these boards. I recently picked up an '86 wagon with an ea82. Previous owners have monkeyed with the induction system. I discovered that the ECM was removed, the choke wired open on the feedback Hitachi, and most of the the sensor wires to the carb cut or missing. The hitachi runs like hell, has leaky throttle shafts and is basically toast. Obviously, I am not going to try to find the parts to reinstall a hitachi feedback carb. Eventually, possibly, I would entertain the thought of a SPFI swap, but for now, I would just enjoy driving the car. Weber conversion kits are economically in the stratosphere for me at the moment, so I was considering an older non-feedback carb from an ea-81. Is this a pipe dream, or should I pursue? I have been trying to find a rebuildable 32/36 weber, but was wondering if the older carter or hitachi non feedbacks were also an option. Thank you so much. JEsse