Weber install on EA-82 Cali emissions questions...

[Singlecoil]

I feel pretty good about the progress made today, especially because it is a Sunday and the only auto parts store in town is closed.

This car has is an '86 EA-82 with California emissions and no power steering. I got the old carb off without too much problem, but the old gasket was a pain. I used the dremel tool to basically sand it off. I removed the mounting bolts, drilled the holes wider with a 17/64 drill bit, then tapped in new 8mm threads without any problems. I was worried about that part because I've never tapped threads before and I obviously didn't want to screw up the intake manifold.

I got the adapter plates on and mounted the carb without too much trouble. However, I seem to have more gadgets on this engine than others I have seen pictures of.

 

What vacuum lines need to be routed somewhere and which ones can be capped? The instructions says to plug the vacuum advance from the disty into the weber, but my disty has two vacuum lines coming out of it. Which one do I use? I'm going to get a new vacuum line at NAPA in the morning for this purpose. The ones from the disty seem to run from rubber to copper lines that go under the intake manifold somewhere. The picture has some gadgets highlighted that I have no idea what purpose they serve. There are also two vacuum lines highlighted in the front of the carb. Any ideas?

 

Is there a fuel return line that needs to be capped or is that not the case on this engine?

 

What do I do with the hose that ran from the exhaust area up to the old air intake?

 

Thanks!

[Singlecoil]

Well, I kind of expected a bunch of replies by now, but I guess not. Luckily I was able to finish the job myself without too much cursing. I basically capped off absolutely everything, ran a line from the disty to the Weber, chased down a couple of uncapped ports with carbuerator cleaner and I'm good to go. I removed some solenoids that didn't look too important and some other stuff. I fully expected things like the heater not to work because of so many vacuum items being disconnected, but I lucked out.

 

What a difference in power, idle, and accelleration. My Subaru is gone, now I have a Superu.

[GeneralDisorder]

I feel pretty good about the progress made today, especially because it is a Sunday and the only auto parts store in town is closed.

This car has is an '86 EA-82 with California emissions and no power steering. I got the old carb off without too much problem, but the old gasket was a pain. I used the dremel tool to basically sand it off. I removed the mounting bolts, drilled the holes wider with a 17/64 drill bit, then tapped in new 8mm threads without any problems. I was worried about that part because I've never tapped threads before and I obviously didn't want to screw up the intake manifold.

I got the adapter plates on and mounted the carb without too much trouble. However, I seem to have more gadgets on this engine than others I have seen pictures of.

 

All of your highlighted items can be removed. The far left is the evap canister, and isn't needed even on the hitachi. Just pitch it, and it's bracket. The next one over is the vacuum accumulator for the duty solenoids - pitch those too. Just yank it all off.

 

What vacuum lines need to be routed somewhere and which ones can be capped? The instructions says to plug the vacuum advance from the disty into the weber, but my disty has two vacuum lines coming out of it. Which one do I use? I'm going to get a new vacuum line at NAPA in the morning for this purpose. The ones from the disty seem to run from rubber to copper lines that go under the intake manifold somewhere. The picture has some gadgets highlighted that I have no idea what purpose they serve. There are also two vacuum lines highlighted in the front of the carb. Any ideas?

 

Run the line from the "inside" of the two ports on the disty, to the front of the carb There should be another port to the left and slightly higher on the disty you can use for the EGR if you want it.

 

Is there a fuel return line that needs to be capped or is that not the case on this engine?

 

You can just leave it open, or get a two-way barb from an EA81 carb and screw it into the port on the weber.

 

What do I do with the hose that ran from the exhaust area up to the old air intake? Thanks!

 

Pitch it.

 

GD

[Singlecoil]

Thanks, General!

[hooziewhatsit]

Run the line from the "inside" of the two ports on the disty, to the front of the carb There should be another port to the left and slightly higher on the disty you can use for the EGR if you want it.

GD

 

 

I have an 85 CA wagon I'm working on for a friend, and from what I've seen, it looks like the vacuum advance is on the 'outer' vacuum port on the disty? At least that's the one that changes the idle when I remove it. The 'inside' port doesn't change the idle at all when removed.

 

Thanks,

-Dave

[GeneralDisorder]

The outside one is the "retard".... at least I'm pretty sure it is. You can check them by applying full manifold vaccum instead of ported vaccum and with a timing light check what the timing does. At any rate, what it "sounds" like when you remove hoses is no kind of definative test. I'm just going off what I remember from when I did my 86.

 

GD

[hooziewhatsit]

The outside one is the "retard".... at least I'm pretty sure it is. You can check them by applying full manifold vaccum instead of ported vaccum and with a timing light check what the timing does. At any rate, what it "sounds" like when you remove hoses is no kind of definative test. I'm just going off what I remember from when I did my 86.

 

GD

 

ahh, ok, this is the first carbed car I've really worked on.

 

Thanks,

-Dave