More Carb trouble

polock · Post by **polock** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 8:43 pm

Well, kinda.

My automatic choke is jammed open (on a pierburg 1B3) making general running beyond terrible lol.

Whats the best thing i can do with it, get it fixed? fit a manual choke kit? or take the plunge and get a weber?

Cheers.

ZOMBIE · Post by **ZOMBIE** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 2:11 am

WEBER! Those pierburgs can work well when fixed, its just webers are sooo much better

polock · Post by **polock** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 8:27 am

Cheers,

Well as a temporary fix ive got it booked in at my local friendly vw specialist.

Ive got a W32TL sat in the garage, i just really need to pluck up the courage to get it installed. When i do any idea where i can route the choke cable?

Ta

polock · Post by **polock** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 10:38 am

What about fitting a manual choke kit?

GroovyCarrot · Post by **GroovyCarrot** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 11:16 am

If you've got a 32tl waiting to be fitted, do it. Doesn't take long at all, it's more or less a direct swap. There is a small hole drilled in the bulkhead designed to take a choke cable, it'll have a rubber bung in it. I don't have a picture, but you'll find it, it's near the carb

Then there's already a space in the dashboard for the choke control, below the steering wheel to the left there's a blanking panel, it's held in with a screw from the back. Remove it and you've got a space to mount the control. Then all you have to do is connect the two coolant pipes that used to go to your auto choke together with the bit of tubing that should be provided with the carb, and swap the carbs over. Easy as pie

Make sure you have the right jets for it though, I can dig out the sizes and where to buy them if you need.

polock · Post by **polock** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 12:45 pm

OK, cheers. I'll have a closer look at the weber when i get a chance and see what jets it has, also i'll consult my haynes carb manual to see cross reference the jets but if you could dig out the sizes aswell just in case that would be great. (1043cc HZ/33kw engine)

In the meantime i'll see what the garage say about the 1B3 cos i might jsut get them to give it a full overhawl

Cheers, again.

Brian

Gareth_GT_Hatch · Post by **Gareth_GT_Hatch** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 1:08 pm

you might be able to buy a service kit for that carb from www.webercarbs.co.uk Ive bought a load of bits for my weber 32/34 DMTL from there. Ive ended up having ro re-jet a 1600 carb for use on a 1300. He had everything I needed.

polock · Post by **polock** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 12:54 pm

Anyone done a bit of a how-to on fitting a weber to a mk2?

Gareth_GT_Hatch · Post by **Gareth_GT_Hatch** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 3:37 pm

I will when I fit mine.