kabarakh Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 1983 GL, fwd wagon, carb'd. So I'm debating between going fuel injected or a weber and my situation is this... The car is a fwd (2wd), so the distributor (Nippon-Denso) is not compatible with the fuel injection swap... I would have to find/source a Hitachi Distributor. The carburetor on the car is a Carter/Weber, so I would have to find a Hitachi intake manifold in order to get an adapter plate to convert it to a Weber Carb. Any suggestions? Which would be cheaper/which route should I go? Alternatively, how complicated is it to rebuild a Carter/Weber? I've had no luck finding rebuild kits for them, and it's acting up on me. Thanks in advance for any/all input :-\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naru Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Cheapest/easiest is to repair what you have. How is it misbehaving? AFAIK,Carter-Weber parts are availible from the dealer on an individual basis.I don`t think they ever offered kits. Probably would not require much more than gaskets and a float valve (if that). You can even make gaskets yourself w/a punch set and some determination. I`m almost willing to bet your problem is a vacuum leak between the "throttle body" and float bowl sections.The screws are short and vibrate loose eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kabarakh Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 Cheapest/easiest is to repair what you have.How is it misbehaving? AFAIK,Carter-Weber parts are availible from the dealer on an individual basis.I don`t think they ever offered kits. Probably would not require much more than gaskets and a float valve (if that). You can even make gaskets yourself w/a punch set and some determination. I`m almost willing to bet your problem is a vacuum leak between the "throttle body" and float bowl sections.The screws are short and vibrate loose eventually. Choke's wigging out, and it's just not running as good as it could beyond that (I don't know much about carbs so I can't really be more specific) I do know that eventually I would like to go either fuel injected or Weber. Plus I know that the bushings in my distributor are wearing (determined by a timing light) so I've been leaning towards fuel injection... but I know too little about either method to make an 'easy' decision. As far as what I have goes, i have no doubt that a new set of gaskets and a float valve would make a huge difference... both are rarely a bad idea lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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