So last week I was visting the new Whole Foods that opened here in Porltland a little while ago with my parents who were in town. After fighting the crowds for an hour or so, we got back into the car which had decided it wasn't ready to leave and refused to start. I thought it was the sticky choke plate on the Weber which has been rather troublesome lately, so I popped the hood, free'd the choke plate, cranked the engine, and BOOM! The car let out the loudest backfire I've ever heard(my ears are still ringing), then fired right up, rather loudly I might add. Upon further inspection, the muffler had decied it had had enough with the cold Maine winter and detonated itself. (Pics coming soon, I promise!
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)Amused but still irritated, I decided that the carb needed a good cleaning, as the cruiser had been backfiring out of both ends. The carb is now off the car, waiting for a warm bath of carb cleaner to be drawn. My problem is that I cannot find any documents here or anywhere else online about tuning Weber carbs. Everything I've found has been either too vague or completely useless. Can anyone here offer any insight on how to set this thing up, then fine tune it? Any help will be rewarded with gratuitus cruiser pics!
Lastly, I'm tired of fixing the hacked up exhaust the P.O. installed, nor do I want to lay on my snow covered driveway to fix it, so I was just going to take it to mineke(Sp?) and be done with it. Is this a stupid descion? Keep in mind that the car is a driver, and I'm only trying to keep in on the road with a poor(meaning broke) college student's budget. Thanks!
