February 24, 20179 yr I am the current owner of the EA81 1983 GL-10 here: http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/topic/155248-83-gl10-rupert/page-4?hl=rupert I just cant get the thing to idle right and to drive down the road right. I switched to a weber and it was used, so I got a rebuild kit and redid the gaskets and the rubber washers. As I go down the road when I am accelerating it runs fine, but when I attempt to maintain speed in any gear it begins jerking pretty hard. I imagine this is some kind of issue of getting too much fuel or too much air, but I cant figure out how that would be. I checked the jets when I took the weber apart and this is what i'm running: Primary Main 140 Secondary Main 135 Primary Air 165 Secondary Air 160 Primary Idle 50 Secondary Idle 55 My next concern is that my throttle isnt hooked up right. This is a weber DGV 32/36 with a manual choke, which at the moment is not hooked up. I figured the choke would effect me while starting up, but didnt think it would effect going down the road. Could this be the issue? I have a throttle kit coming soon in the mail. Any other suggestions, I am wide open to them all.
February 24, 20179 yr hey, you solved your own problem without knowing it lol. the choke is used to help warm up a car, it remainx mostly closed so it can maintain idle. after it is warm, it MUST be open. accelerating will slightly open the choke, but not open it all the way. to maintain speed it must be fully open. think of a lawnmower, close choke to start, fully open slowly. same with the carb on your car. get a choke hooked up.
February 24, 20179 yr Author hey, you solved your own problem without knowing it lol. the choke is used to help warm up a car, it remainx mostly closed so it can maintain idle. after it is warm, it MUST be open. accelerating will slightly open the choke, but not open it all the way. to maintain speed it must be fully open. think of a lawnmower, close choke to start, fully open slowly. same with the carb on your car. get a choke hooked up. Thanks 87subbomber, the next step is, does anyone have any experience in hooking up a manual choke on a weber? Looks like most out there are electric choke. Included are pictures of my current throttle set up. Forgive the crappy return spring hook up. Does the throttle somehow engage the choke at all, or should they be separate?
February 24, 20179 yr Manual choke has to be separate. It's a pull cable that goes into the drivers area. You need full choke to start usually, then back of once fired, then open once running well warmed up.
February 24, 20179 yr Author Manual choke has to be separate. It's a pull cable that goes into the drivers area. You need full choke to start usually, then back of once fired, then open once running well warmed up. Thanks DaveT, I see where there are different circles where a choke cable could run, so I dont think hooking into the drivers side would be the issue. I am wondering how the cable mounts to the carb or around the carb to run the cable to the choke plate? Does a mounting bracket come with a kit you would buy, or do I need to fashion a bracket?
February 24, 20179 yr The cabl end will need some kind of bracket or clamp holding the outer jacket still. The ineer cable or wire pulls.on the linkage for the choke. Some may coma with parts, some may not. It's been too long so I don't remeber....
February 27, 20179 yr Author So now I am wondering, does anyone have a suggestion for where to buy a manual choke kit for a dgv Weber carb. The ones on eBay I am told are for the electric choke carbs.
February 27, 20179 yr http://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuine-EMPI-62-Manual-Choke-Cable-EPC-32-36M-EPC-38-32-36-DGV-Weber-/322359508726?hash=item4b0e1fbef6:g:tc8AAOSwo4pYUWHL&vxp=mtr#ht_1969wt_972 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Empi-43-5352-Manual-Choke-Element-Weber-DGV-Empi-EPC-Carburetors-Each-/112306199262?hash=item1a25f89ade:g:CYQAAOSwr~lYplG4&vxp=mtr#ht_1961wt_996 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Weber-carb-MANUAL-CHOKE-kit-with-CABLE-32-36-DFEV-DGEV-DGAV-DGAS-CARBuretor-/322348685762#ht_688wt_907 Edited February 27, 20179 yr by naru
February 27, 20179 yr You might consider going with an electric choke ... no cable to run to interior and no need to fab a mount in engine bay.
February 28, 20179 yr carbs unlimited sell the manual choke kit. they have given me great service so i highly recomend them
February 28, 20179 yr Author You might consider going with an electric choke ... no cable to run to interior and no need to fab a mount in engine bay. I didnt know if a DGV carb could be converted to electric. I would certainly be interested in it, just didnt know if it was possible.
February 28, 20179 yr Author carbs unlimited sell the manual choke kit. they have given me great service so i highly recomend them Thanks for the heads up on this! http://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuine-EMPI-62-Manual-Choke-Cable-EPC-32-36M-EPC-38-32-36-DGV-Weber-/322359508726?hash=item4b0e1fbef6:g:tc8AAOSwo4pYUWHL&vxp=mtr#ht_1969wt_972 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Empi-43-5352-Manual-Choke-Element-Weber-DGV-Empi-EPC-Carburetors-Each-/112306199262?hash=item1a25f89ade:g:CYQAAOSwr~lYplG4&vxp=mtr#ht_1961wt_996 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Weber-carb-MANUAL-CHOKE-kit-with-CABLE-32-36-DFEV-DGEV-DGAV-DGAS-CARBuretor-/322348685762#ht_688wt_907 Thanks for this link collection. The last link there I contacted the seller and he said it wouldnt work for a DGV carb, so I dismissed that idea. The top two look promising, just wish I knew where they connected on the weber.
March 2, 20179 yr There should be a lever and clamp on the choke. Can you post a picture of the carburetor you have?
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