I have a DCOE on my '79 B, and Jon Lind was correct in his statement that
you can't use vacuum advance. The easiest way to solve this problem is to
get a mechanical advance distributor, such as the Mallory Dual Point.
That's what I did, and although I don't have the car completely reassembled
yet, I have started it a few times, and it seems to run fine.
Calvin Krug
>From: Frank Krajewski <frankk@intap.net>
>Subject: Weber Woes
>
>I picked up a 1971 MGB recently on which the PO had installed a side
>draft Weber 42DCOE8, Number 4E. He couldn't get it to run smoothly and
>neither can I! Seems he, nor I, can find a place to connect the vacuum
>advance line on the manifold or carb. The vacuum line from the
>distributor is there but disconnected. Does anyone have any insights?
>Also cannot determine how to connect the choke cable. The PO has it
>connected but it is not connected properly and the choke engages but
>will not disengage unless I pop the hood/bonnet and restore it to its
>original position by hand! I suspect this is not the proper Weber for
>this car and may not even have a vacuum advance connection.
>Frank "Swamp Yankee" Krajewski
>http://www.bmcne.com
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