BALANCING ACT.

[bill]

Hi, I am really having the game on with these carbs. They are taking more balancing than an MPs expenses.

My car has the emission type of carbs fitted and I cannot get them to work properly at all. I have followed the instructions from the forum and a very good service bulletin from Omicron (F.O.C) with no success. The only way I can get the car to run anywhere near smooth was to disconnect the solenoid, remove the metal tee piece, blank off the fast idle screw and fit a new rubber pipe between the two carbs.

I would like to know if any members have fitted Dellorto carbs. If so what would be involved in fitting them.
Look forward to any help.
Bill

[fay66]

Hi Bill,
I have Dellorto 32DHLA Carbs fitted to my 2c but she is only 1091cc, and doesn't have a fuel return system, when I bought them new they were ajetted fod to suit my 2c and were a straight swop.
I've had no problems with them in the 5+ years they have been fitted, engine is smoother, and she is much nicer to drive, the carbs also stay in tune much longer than the solex's did.

Brian
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[lancialulu]

35 DHLB's are the fit but they are like rocking horse poo/very expensive (you choose).

I balanced Steve Gales' solexs like yours. tricky but eventually we got a nice set up. Any air leaks around the various gaskets will make life more tricky.

I assume you have stripped the carbs and checked for blockages. A lot of crud collects around the bottom where the throttle pums are and can lead to a) failure of the pums (1per venturi) or blocked jets.

A 35solex refurb kit is about £25 on ebay.

Tim

[rogerelias]

Silly question, but is the solenoid working ok?

[ncundy]

You could replace them with standard 1300 carbs - plenty of those around, or if you want to be adventurous I have long toyed with the idea of finding a set of Mikuni carbs (Mikuni bought Solex and produced an improved version).

[rogerelias]

If you need some 1300s carbs i have some spare, will be cheap

[fay66]

Anyone needs them anytime I have a spare set of Solex 32's

Brian
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