At 10:50 PM 06/04/01, you wrote:
>Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 17:25:22 -0400
>From: William L Leacock <roverbilly@juno.com>
>Subject: LRO: Webber Carb question.
>
>I have just recieved a Webber Carb, model 341CEV which is significantly
>different to the Webber carb I purchased 8 or 9 years ago. It came with
>no instructions.
>Thge throttle butterfly is mounted in a separate casting which is fixed
>to the base of the carb by a couple of screws.
>In this separate base is the obviuos connection for the distibutor vacuum
>supply. There are two additional - approx. 1/4" dia - pipes fitted to the
>base casting. Anyone any idea what these are used for? If I blow into
>one, the air exits the other one, if I block one off with a finger and
>suck on the other I can feel the suction at my finger. It appears to me
>that these pipes are of no use. Seems odd to fit a couple of pipes that
>serve no function, unless the base is used on another carb variant that
>has some use for them.
>
>Regards from Western New York State
>
> Bill Leacock.
>
>21 years old ( for the 34th time!)
Those pipes are for coolant. These are a more modern carb that Bearmach has
been selling for a year or two.
73, Chris
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