Hi y'all. So I've been running a Weber for a couple of months and had issues with the choke from the get-go. I just disconnected it and had to sit there and play with the gas each time I started it up until it got the courage to run on its own.

 

Well, I finally got around to looking at the problem, and realized that the choke was slowly closing with 12V instead of opening. I was seriously confused, then talking to my dad, he said, "Well, why don't you just flip the bimetal spring around?" I didn't know it was possible, but I tend to trust him. So I jammed a screwdriver in there and pried, and POP! out came the spring. I reversed it and it works flawlessly now after adjusting the fast idle cam. How it got that way in the first place is beyond me, but whatever.

 

So, I guess the moral of this story is... if things seem to be working backwards, jam a screwdriver in and pry

The "new" weber kits are made in Mexico - that's how.

 

Mine wasn't like that, but I don't like the "kit" as it doesn't come with several key peices, and the tall filter won't fit a stock height ru (unless you want it rubbing on the hood, or have bad engine mounts ). That, and it's $200 cheaper to rebuild your own.

 

GD