As is often the case the solution would not have been found in any of the aftermarket repair manuals and certainly not in the venerable shop manual. I began to have strange card flapping noises coming out of the car. I feared that I’d have to pull the motor and go through it. Maybe I’d...
During the first drive with the new carburetor, the motor started making a flapping sound. It is still making it. But now it sounds very serious and when I turn the motor over, there is a point once each revolution where the motor seems to be overcoming some physical thing. I don’t know what’s...
Solex F35 DIDSA-2 and Weber 32/36 DFAV fit this valve cover cable attachment location. The DFAV is stamped with that model number but has an electric choke rather than a water choke. Everything I’ve read says it should be a DFEV. I got a 32/36 DGV but it really is a mirror image of the...
Something’s happened and I like it. Carburetors have always seemed like daunting little mysteries that I’d be better off leaving screwed together. Now, if my carburetor needs looked at, I’m the one I go to. The proof was when my Land Rover kept a high idle and it would not respond to the turning of...
The Europa came with a French made Solex Carburetor and I liked it. But that was before I discovered that it was misbehaving and I couldn’t find a kit to rebuild it. It was a hazard from the start. I’m glad it’s off the car. I’ve replaced it with a Weber progressive carburetor called a...
