Weber DGV idle speed screw UPgrade

['76mintgrün'02]

I have a stock air cleaner mounted on top of a Weber 32-36 carb and it is difficult to see the idle mix and speed screws and get a screwdriver on them; but yesterday I came up with a solution.

 

I cut a little piece of rubber tubing and put a little chamfer on the inside of the ends and then pressed it onto the idle speed screw, to  help hold the screwdriver in place.

 

 

It also helps to locate the tip, because you feel the soft rubber and then the screw, once it is aligned.

 

 

I also cut a little piece of tube to hold the shaft of the screwdriver up under the cover, but in the end that seemed silly, so I did not use it.

 

It does illustrate where to put the screwdriver, while reaching in to feel the screw. 

 

 

For the idle mixture screw, I used a flex shaft screwdriver and another piece of that tubing, to hold it on the screw head, then added a hold down on one of the manifold's threaded bosses.

 

 

It turns out there is a bit of tension in the hold down the way I have it and the handle of the screwdriver spun on its shaft, so I took it off.  The knurled end works well and is a bit more discrete anyway.  I just need to decide whether to cut off that extra length for the handle, or possibly put the handle back on. 

 

 

I like being able to reach in under and turn it, without even needing to reach for a screwdriver.  The mixture screw isn't that hard to see/reach under the filter though.  I had more trouble finding the speed screw.

 

 

All that just to say, if you put a little piece of tubing on the end of the idle speed screw and it makes it easier to find and stay on it.  It's a cheap UPgrade. 

 

I also upGraded my dwell adjusting wrench!

 

 

Tom

[TobyB]

Tom, that's awesome.  I will be stealing that trick to work on other blind screws.

On a trencher, tomorrow, where the magneto is behind the primary hydraulic pump.

 

In other news, you do realize your fuel pump's falling off and your intake's missing a stud, right? 

 

t

 

['76mintgrün'02]

Thanks Toby.  Any idea why my choke isn't working?

[jimk]

Your throttle shaft needs bleeding.

[TobyB]

It probably has something to do with that missing coolant hose under your carb, Tom.

Lack of carb floor preheat is messing with it.

 

Or, wait, is that hose on your water choke kinked?

That's why I like the electric one better- if the wires are kinked,

the electrons heat them up so you can feel where they need to be straightened out.

 

heh.

 

t

 

[Mark92131]

It looks like the choke hose loops between both the inlet and the outlet...  and no clamps ;-).

 

Mark92131

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