Corona blues… and Weber issues

The bell rings. Half asleep I put on a shirt, get some coffee, and move into the “Home Office”. 7 to 9 hours of emails, online meetings, phone calls, web browsing, presentations, trainings. Repeat this 5 out of 7 days a week. Not that my job would be any different than it was in the last 10 years. But in an “all-home-office” world it is even harder to have the feeling of having some “accomplished” at work.

Working in the garage is helpful in this respect. After a few hours you see and often hold a result in your own hands. But there are times when you don’t get this rewarding feeling right away. I am still waiting for some parts from the paint shop as well as the rear axle. So I came up with the great idea to free up my desk at home and overhaul the Weber 32/34 DFT carburetor – in the free time between online meetings. Splendid idea !!

A couple month back I already assessed the Weber, searched for a new AutoChoke unit and a service kit. At that point I did not have an ultrasonic cleaner myself – so I asked someone else to clean it. Now, equipped with the repair kit that just arrived I thought the overhaul should be easy. The HIF 6 from the Mini was simple to clean and fix – how could the Weber be a challenge? Well – turns out that I managed to mess it up. On the HIF 6 the two screws on the throttle plates can be removed easily. On the Weber they (not sure if this is the right english words for it) “secured” (tapped?) on the backside. Ignoring this I might have damaged shaft… 😦

To make things even worse: the repair kit contains some fittings for the secondary shaft. But instead of the shaft I tried to get out the “screw” behind the power valve. Turns out that this is pressed in and not serviceable. In addition, I noticed quite a bit of play in all shafts. Moreover – the first cleaning left some white film on all surfaces. Left with no choices I authored an email to (the what I have been told) “Pope of Webers” / “Goddess of carburetors” – Annette Hue from IOZ Vergasertechnik.

And despite all stories that you need to wait for month at IOZ – I got a super friendly call back a few hours later. First thing this week was to drop of the Weber in Mülheim-Kärlich and two nice employees of IOZ Vergasertechnik took on the job to fix my screw up. Although I am hopeful that I might get the 32/34DFT back before Christmas – I have also started looking to a spare just in case.

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