Which weber 32/36???

[OH2DRV]

I'm looking into ordering a new carb to replace the single barrel solex eventually so I'm putting together a parts list...

Where do guys (and girls) buy new Weber carbs? I had looked at Pierce.

There are five different 32/36's- DFEV, DGEV, DGEC, and DGV 5A which one is recommended??? What's the difference?

Thanks!

[Nick]

check out ireland engineering's website. They have a special right now on a complete package. comes with the 32/36, manifold and linkages.

www.bmw2002.com

click on the "specials"

[winstontj]

I'm looking into ordering a new carb to replace the single barrel solex eventually so I'm putting together a parts list...

Where do guys (and girls) buy new Weber carbs? I had looked at Pierce.

There are five different 32/36's- DFEV, DGEV, DGEC, and DGV 5A which one is recommended??? What's the difference?

Thanks!

I like the automatic choke best DGEV. With that said I have a car with the single solex and man does that thing rip! It sounds great and has just as much power as the weber (my weber's motor has a crapped out #1 cyl) but I like the solex quite a bit.... I posted a question about it a while back and many said "don't underestimate the solex"

FWIW

[OH2DRV]

I agree, the solex should rip, however mine is horrible right now. It hardly runs, won't idle, surges...The problem came about suddenly too, very strange. I figured that something clogged a jet or something loosened up. I've tried two different carbs now (same throttle plate however) so I'm thinking it could be fuel pump?

The other strange thing is that it floods like crazy when you shut it off, smells of gas horribly strong, takes a lot of cranks to start it again. What would cause the post-run flooding?

I'm at a loss... car can't even make it around the block.

I need to get a few minutes freea t work so I can get down to Charlie's (Pinepig) to pick up an other siungle barrel from him....this will confirm whether its carb related or something else. This will be the second one I've gotten from him. The first was incredible for a week or so...the car has never had so much pull, it never rev'd so easily before either. But then this one started running like crap too.

[Arizona02]

check Ireland web site, is the correct style for the 02.

[winstontj]

I agree, the solex should rip, however mine is horrible right now. It hardly runs, won't idle, surges...The problem came about suddenly too, very strange. I figured that something clogged a jet or something loosened up. I've tried two different carbs now (same throttle plate however) so I'm thinking it could be fuel pump?

The other strange thing is that it floods like crazy when you shut it off, smells of gas horribly strong, takes a lot of cranks to start it again. What would cause the post-run flooding?

I'm at a loss... car can't even make it around the block.

I need to get a few minutes freea t work so I can get down to Charlie's (Pinepig) to pick up an other siungle barrel from him....this will confirm whether its carb related or something else. This will be the second one I've gotten from him. The first was incredible for a week or so...the car has never had so much pull, it never rev'd so easily before either. But then this one started running like crap too.

I don't want to start sounding like CD but he has a point and it's never let me down...

Correct plugs & wires? Points & condensor in good shape?

Points adjusted correctly?

Motor timed with a timing light?

Valves adjusted COLD or whatever CD always says?

Cap & rotor OK on the dizzy?

NEXT get yourself a Weber/Solex/Carb manual and read up - rebuilding the solex should only cost you $30 or so for all your gaskets, jets, emulsion tubes, etc. Take one spare carb in any condition (as long as the throttle shaft or choke isn't falling out of the casting) and bring it to stock specs. Use loctite if you must on the fasteners you don't adjust. Once you have your motor at an even SOLID baseline and your carb at a solid baseline then you can adjust idle and mixture. Sorry to sound like a broken record but popping on another carb that hasn't been fine-tuned for your motor is really asking for a headache. Sounds like you have more than one. Rebuild the spare. It should take you about an hour. I promise you won't be dissapointed if everything above is OK.

It's odd that your carbs keep going "bad" on you - but it's also probalby not the carb - could be timing causing hot running or pinging, backfiring, popping, etc. Bring everything to a KNOWN base and work from there. If you don't do that it's like shooting from the hip. A new 32/36 & manifold isn't going to be cheap and will need the same baseline tuning once you get it as anything else. Things can rattle loose during shipping so you're going to have to do it one way or another - If you are really itching for a 32/36 I have a used one that I will let go at a very fair price, would come with a spare 32/36 carb (parts carb) and a rebuild kit.

thomasjwinston at yahoo dot com

get the single barrel working first and then look at a 38/38!

HTH,

TJW

[Mike Self]

Single bbl Solexes are great; 2 bbls Solexes bite the big one! That being said...

Hard starting/gas smell is probably a misadjusted or sinking float. Pop the top off the carb and pull out the float (don't lose the retainer piece). Shake the float; if it sloshes, replace it.

Bad idle can be the above, or the tiniest bit of trash in the idle jet. Remove jet, blow thru it, then give the passage a healthy squirt of carb cleaner. If it happens again, it's time to clean out the carb's float chamber. Oh, and if you don't have one, add a fuel filter just upstream of the fuel pump. My '69 came with factory installed trash in the fuel system--took me months to get it all worked out...tiny metal shavings, but not magnetic so I couldn't use a magnet to grab 'em!

As TJ said, clean up your Solex and get it purring, then think about a Weber...and BTW, I'd get one with a manual choke...

mike

[OH2DRV]

I assume rebuild kits are available through BMW...

[winstontj]

I assume rebuild kits are available through BMW...

you can also get them at Pierce or Bavarian Autosport and probably tons of other places like Ireland, 2002Haus, Aardvark, maybe BLUNT. Last time I spoke to a sales rep @ Bav Auto I had a hard time ordering specific parts for weber. Pierce will have everything and anything you could need - and they have awesome exploded diagrams in PDF on their website for part #'s and good reference

EDIT: Second the manual choke - on the solex it works like a charm. If I were to ever get another carb again I'd get manual choke hands down

[OH2DRV]

(nt)

[TobyB]

there's not a heck of a lot else to go wrong with a single solex...

t

[OH2DRV]

There are two part numbers-

13111289074 (repair kit)

13111705569 (gasket set)

I would guess that the necessary gaskets for a rebuild would come in the repair kit, the gasket set would be if you didn't need the jets, valve, springs, etc.

BMW can get the repair kit to me in three days, the gasket set is not in stock in the U.S.

[bmwjer]

I'm looking into ordering a new carb to replace the single barrel solex eventually so I'm putting together a parts list...

Where do guys (and girls) buy new Weber carbs? I had looked at Pierce.

There are five different 32/36's- DFEV, DGEV, DGEC, and DGV 5A which one is recommended??? What's the difference?

Thanks!

OH2DRV-

I have two new in the box 32/36 Weber carbs I have for sale if interested. One is an electric choke and other is a manual. I was going to put them on my Bavaria but changed my mind.

J. Kingman BMW CCA# 93056

[bmwjer]

I'm looking into ordering a new carb to replace the single barrel solex eventually so I'm putting together a parts list...

Where do guys (and girls) buy new Weber carbs? I had looked at Pierce.

There are five different 32/36's- DFEV, DGEV, DGEC, and DGV 5A which one is recommended??? What's the difference?

Thanks!

OH2DRV-

I have two new in the box 32/36 Weber carbs I have for sale if interested. One is an electric choke and other is a manual. I was going to put them on my Bavaria but changed my mind.

J. Kingman BMW CCA# 93056

[mikem]

If you don't need to be smog compliant, the manual gives you control over the cold revs.