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  1. elias amiouni

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    #1 elias amiouni, May 3, 2016
    Can anyone tell me what is the correct setting for the floats on the 40 DCNF13 Weber. I have seen different values, and right now I have them at 52 mm + 8.5mm travel, does that seem right? Also , the car seems to hesitate when I am negotiating left hand hairpins but runs perfectly smooth on right hand ones, could this be related to incorrect float level settings?
     
  2. dm_n_stuff

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    #2 dm_n_stuff, May 3, 2016
    Hard left turns starve, right turns can flood. Has to do with the transverse location of the carbs, vs north - south as Weber originally designed.

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  3. TonyL

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    #3 TonyL, May 3, 2016
    Yes, that's the correct float adjustment.

    Its a quirk of the 246 as dave quite rightly points out but they can be tuned much better by making some subtle changes to the air correction jets, go one or two sizes down to richen up the mixture above 3000rpm. With modern fuels my car has been proven to run lean above 3000rpm.

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  4. daviekj

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    #4 daviekj, May 3, 2016
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    A couple of photos from when I set this up at least 10 years ago. Same float level dimension as those quoted above.

    I had trouble setting one of the carbs, and it took me a while to diagnose why.

    I had to repair a pin hole from an imperfection in one of the brass floats ( it is in the last photo somewhere). I removed the manufacture solder plug (the cleaned hole in the second photo), thorough de-gassed, repaired the tiny pin hole with solder, and then re-plugged the manufacture hole with soldered, and checked the weight. Been working fine since.

    While you have the floats out, have a shake and make sure they are dry. Plunge into fluid and make sure no air bubbles.

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  5. Stefan Elshout

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    #5 Stefan Elshout, May 3, 2016
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    Been thru some trouble setting up mine a while ago, best way to get them spot on evenly was with the setup as shown in the picture. Took a bolt with a long nut and adjusted the nut until it was exactly 52mm. Put it on the cover and position the dial gauge above it and adjust the gauge until it reads zero. Than you have your setting on which, when the float touches the dial gauge and reads zero should be perfect and perfectly even compared to the other floats.
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