April 16, 200916 yr Just got my 32/36 DGEV back from my neighbor and was wondering if anyone has tips they've learned from doing Weber swaps on EA82's? Thanks! John
April 17, 200916 yr Works best if you mount it like the Hitachi is mounted - just use the Hitachi's plastic spacer and peen a dent in the power steering reservoir to clear the Weber. It won't hurt the reservoir if you are careful. GD
April 17, 200916 yr Author Thanks! no power steering though, so that won't be a problem. Any other tips and tricks out there?
April 17, 200916 yr I take it this thing didn't come off a Subaru? You will want to rebuild it - and change any jets that don't match the reccomended Subaru jetting: 140/140 mains 160/170 air bleeds 50 idle jet(s) GD
April 17, 200916 yr Author According to One Eye, it came off a '72 Fiat. It has been beautifully rebuilt by my neighbor, who is a Carburetor God. Cleaned, fixed and ready to go. It is originally a DGAV, but has been converted to the electronic choke.
April 17, 200916 yr According to One Eye, it came off a '72 Fiat. It has been beautifully rebuilt by my neighbor, who is a Carburetor God. Cleaned, fixed and ready to go. The jetting will have to be changed at any rate. I can't imagine a Fiat having anthing close to an EA82 in it. Being that it's been rebuilt, you just need to pop the top off and change the jets. GD
April 17, 200916 yr Author Not having tinkered with it myself, is there an easy way to check the jet size? I think he said that he used it on one of his wagons for a while, so I think its alright. Thanks! John
April 17, 200916 yr Author What I meant was, is there a number on the jet or something? So I know what size it is? Sorry for not making myself clear :-p
April 17, 200916 yr Oh - yeah it's written on the jets. Sometimes you have to pull them out and take a magnifying glass to them but it's there. If it isn't..... throw it away and drop $5 on one with writting so you know what you have. GD
April 17, 200916 yr Author Too tired to take it apart tonight. I could see the air bleeds and they are new and the correct size, so I'm assuming that the rest are as well. But I will double check tomorrow after work.
April 17, 200916 yr If you use a EA82 adapter from redline, make sure that all the parts are level. When the adapter was mocked up and held to the light you could see significant gaps in between the adapter pieces that the gasket wouldn't take up. That was the most PITA thing about mine, that and my idle circuit was plugged...but that was my bad. Jesse
April 18, 200916 yr The adapter kit also comes with the wrong length bolts. A trip to the local hardware will get you the right ones. Would be best if you could get the small water passage on the front of the carb port of the manifold welded shut before you bolt on the adapter. A few of us had the gasket blowout at that spot. Engines don't like being flooded with coolant. I tried JB Weld after the 1st incident, didn't hold up, it be welded now. I also used a small grinding stone in my drill to smooth out all of the port opening after bolting the adapter to the manifold. Not nessecary to do so, I just did it to do it.
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