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> Webercarbsdirect.com, Buyer beware!!
euro911
post Apr 13 2015, 08:53 PM
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It's actually all pertinent. The fact is that we're importing a lot of inferior products these days.

I'm done with this one anyways.
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post Apr 14 2015, 05:35 AM
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Carbs are better!

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post Apr 14 2015, 11:16 AM
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QUOTE(euro911 @ Apr 13 2015, 04:55 PM) *
i have no idea what type of product your company manufactures

I don't work there anymore, the company is called "Davis Instruments" out of Hayward, CA.
Like i said, they have a large production facility in Hayward, about 100 people on the production floor and another 30 or so engineers plus marketing, sales and customer service people.

They have 3 major product lines:

- High end consumer weather stations and related products
- Automotive tracking devices for corporate fleets
- Marine and boating accessories

Here is a link to the website:
http://davisnet.com/

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post Apr 14 2015, 11:50 AM
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OK, Andy - I'm familiar with the company, being an old salt. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)

I hope they stay afloat (pun intended), they make good stuff.
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post Apr 14 2015, 12:10 PM
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FWIW I bought a set from Redline a few years ago for a local car. Real Webers, no issues. Great people to deal with.



Hi. What kind of carburetors do you have ?

We have Genuine Weber Carburetors

We have genuine WEBER carburetors


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post Apr 14 2015, 05:02 PM
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I believe these are real. Been on the car for 11 years. Almost problem free till just now. Time to clean them up (real good) and re-build. If I could afford an aftermarket FI, I might go that way. Till then these have worked great. What might be the best way to clean these? Soda blasting? Brush and solvent?


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if you're doing a full rebuild

brush and solvent. Let it dry, then soda blast. Tear down, clean with fresh carb cleaner/solvent. That will leave you with the nicest finish short of sending it all out to be replated
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post Apr 15 2015, 03:48 PM
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Quick update:

Redline gave my customer a discount on a set of real Webers, which he purchased.

Webercarbsdirect had their COO contact me. I had them contact my customer. They sent a call tag and I returned the Chinese crap.

More to follow.....
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post Apr 15 2015, 04:20 PM
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post Apr 15 2015, 04:27 PM
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What fucking happened to Dellorto?........

They were always better than (add manufacturer name here).


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post Apr 15 2015, 11:55 PM
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QUOTE(Series9 @ Apr 15 2015, 03:27 PM) *

What fucking happened to Dellorto?........

They were always better than (add manufacturer name here).


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Who knows? This whole carb thing is crazy.....Glad I stayed with FI....as far as I know, Motronic is still German. :-)
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post Apr 15 2015, 11:59 PM
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What fucking happened to Dellorto?........

They were always better than (add manufacturer name here).

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post Apr 16 2015, 02:02 AM
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Elliot,

I'm not the first to say it but I'm the last to repeat it: Pine-Sol. It works brilliantly for carburetors and aluminum/brass/magnesium in general. I've cleaned many a motorcycle carb and a pair of Weber IDFs using Pine-Sol and a small ultrasonic cleaner. If you don't have an ultrasonic cleaner, just drop your carbs into a bucket with 50/50 Pine-Sol to water solution and wait. Pro-tip: Do this in your garage or outside because it stinks to hell. Also, cats, women, and political conservatives hate the smell in particular. Another pro-tip: don't buy knock-off dollar store pine-sol, just the real stuff. Why? Pine-Sol is basically low-grade turpentine (pine alcohol!) and phuric acid. The dollar store variety is a swill of lumberjack urine and gelatin. Let your parts soak for perhaps a day. Maybe two. It eats paint, grease, and grime, but generally leaves everything else alone. Then just rinse it off, clean with a toothbrush, and you're ready to rebuild. Low cost, low labor, and low toxicity. Just drain it when you're done. Or wash down your driveway with it like I do to clean up *ahem* 914 oil stains. No need to recycle at the hazmat center.

Having said that, Pine-Sol will not automatically transmogrify your "Asian" Webers into Italian models.

What happened to Dellortos Joe asks? Why, this: http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=253580
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post Apr 16 2015, 10:18 PM
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QUOTE(Series9 @ Apr 15 2015, 03:27 PM) *

What fucking happened to Dellorto?........


They're still around. Their carb business is limited to bikes and scooters, but they make a bunch of other stuff:

http://www.dellorto.it
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post Apr 18 2015, 03:36 PM
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Don't get your hopes up for those "Genuine" carbs, either....
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post Apr 18 2015, 08:04 PM
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Found a set of Italian Webers in a box yesterday. Apparently it's a set that I rebuilt quite a few years ago for a 912 and lost track of them (IMG:style_emoticons/default/screwy.gif)

This was before I got back into the 914 thing (in late 2006).

Now, if only I could find the air cleaner assemblies ... there are K&N cast aluminum bases are on the carbs (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)
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post Apr 19 2015, 11:43 AM
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Cool. If I remember right the K&N tops are sheet metal that bends pretty easily so if you don't find them in another box the CB Performance cast tops will fit. Not expensive, much better quality, just them and some K&N elements and you're done.
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post Apr 19 2015, 10:22 PM
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Cool. If I remember right the K&N tops are sheet metal that bends pretty easily so if you don't find them in another box the CB Performance cast tops will fit. Not expensive, much better quality, just them and some K&N elements and you're done.
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Yeah, I went through two sets of those cheap stamped steel POS ones - the welds break too easily.

I picked up a couple of lower & upper cast ones from CB for the 'BB' a while back (definitely worth the extra coin) - I''ll see if the CB uppers fit (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) ... if not, a whole new set isn't that expensive.
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