Ferrari Mailing List: Re: OT - Weber's

[Doug and Terri Anderson (dnt]

Hoo Haa Rick - Concorso Italiano at Monterey is calling.

'Coupla questions - 
- Where do you recommend we search for the rebuild kits?
- What brand do you recommend if there are many?  I have seen just the kits
that just replace the gaskets to replacement kits containing nearly
everything that can come off the carb.
- Any glue to use on the gaskets or put everything together snug and dry (no
Loctite on the screws?)
- And lastly, in each of the rubber carb to trumpets gaskets there are four
metal clearance spacers with a shoulder that fit over the four carb studs to
prevent collapsing the carb to trumpet gasket.  These look like a T.  Mine
were all pressed into the gasket such that the spacer shoulder touched the
carb top.  Mounted this way, when the air box is jiggled loose and removed
if the spacer sticks to the gasket, for awhile, it can fall out and become
lost - per Murphy's Law of course, in the worst possible places.  Question -
is this the correct mounting of the spacer which is forced because of the
gasket casting which allows room for the shoulder or can the rubber gasket
be flipped over such that the shoulder flat top touches the trumpet, not the
carb, and is thus prevented from dropping out? [Whew]

Nice nice engine compartment.  I'm envious.

DOUG


-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Lindsay [mailto:rolindsay [at] yahoo.com] 
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 7:07 PM
To: DOUG
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: [Ferrari] OT - Webers

Hello Friends,

The Weber rebuilds are completed and reinstalled on my Ferrari V8 engine.
In this implementation, the 40DCNF velocity stacks mount in the airbox.
That is, the airbox is between the carbs and the trumpets.  But of course,
one can't tune the carbs with that honkin' big airbox blocking access, so
the tuning is done without the box in place, THEN  its installed afterward.
In the picture at the end of the link, the trumpets are only sitting in
place as I haven't yet added the retaining nuts - but you can see the REALLY
nice, clean, happy Webers.

http://www.aubard.us/Ferrari/20121004_161607.jpg

The choke linkage is only inter-connected on the front two carbs.  The rear
choke linkage is left off to improve access to one of the linkage ends.
There are screw-in retainers at the end of each link.  One retainer broke
into upon removal, so I am awaiting a replacement.  I'll visit my local
exotic repair shop tomorrow and forage through their 'junk box'.

-rick
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