Fitting a stock air cleaner on a Weber 32/36 - a few ?s

['76mintgrün'02]

Thank you for sharing your solution, John.  I'd been meaning to ask how you went about mounting yours.  Do you use any sort of seal between the adaptor and carb top?  

 

Last I heard, the original air cleaner to Solex seals were NLA, which is a bummer.

Tom

[John76]

15 minutes ago, '76mintgrün'02 said:

Do you use any sort of seal between the adaptor and carb top?  

 

Just two regular Weber base gaskets.

 

[7502]

My attempt to mate the air cleaner to the Redline carb piece was a little different, don't have the skills for an elegant solution but it's worked out well. I simply cut back the air cleaner base and used a section of U channel stock rubber to make a tight fitting gasket.

It's been a few years, so this morning I replaced the gasket, reminded me I should repaint.

 

 

 

I also use a rubber base for the air cleaner to rest on.

 

I also purchased some rubber air cleaner mounts from a Mercedes that are a little stouter than the worm out ones that were on my air cleaner,

 

I won't hesitate to show the poor paint job but maybe this post will encourage me to spruce it up w/ new paint.

Happy tinkering.

Eric

Edited July 28, 2021 by 7502

[John76]

Eric,

Nice clean job!

Do you have a P/N for the Mercedes rubber mounts?

Thanks,

John

 

PS: I love your battery belt.

[7502]

16 minutes ago, John76 said:

Do you have a P/N for the Mercedes rubber mounts?

 

pn 617 988 0111 

 

https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/mercedes-air-cleaner-mount-240d-300cd-300d-300sd-300td-6179880111-1?msclkid=582155e778131d43f91934e6c46a91df&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Mercedes Shopping 0&utm_term=4580290571324470&utm_content=Ad group %231

 

I also bought some washers at the hardware store that had rubber bonded to one side for securing the air cleaner to the mounts.  Holds good and tight.

Edited July 28, 2021 by 7502

['76mintgrün'02]

Nice solution, Eric!  I pulled e21 rubber isolators off of a wrecking yard car.  I just pulled up the part number, but won't bother sharing it, since they are $18 each.  Yours are about the same price as the wrecking yard.

 

This inspired me to see if I could find new Subaru air cleaner wing nuts online and I did!  I am surprised at how cheap they are, considering they have that built in spinning rubber washer. 

https://parts.allamericansubaru.com/p/Subaru__DLGLGL10RSRX/Wing-Nut/49228145/16551AA010.html

 

I really like being able to remove the housing without needing to reach for a wrench.  Although, I do keep a couple wrenches behind the relays, with magnets to hold them in place.  Those are for the battery terminals.

Tom

[PapaG]

This is a really cool thread, just seeing it for the first time. You guys are amazing.

[John76]

On 5/8/2018 at 11:25 AM, '76mintgrün'02 said:

I'll keep this one on my desk and hope someone asks about it.

 

Tom, tape this to your side view mirror....would be fun!

 

 

[OldRoller]

I have just read this entire thread again, for the 7th or 8th time... your skills and imagination are approaching legendary, Tom!

The most sincere and enthusiastic kudos!

Makes me want to dig out the air housing from my unmolested original 74 bin of parts and begin the stripping and sanding... and the engine's not even in the car yet!