WTB Zeniths

[Peter Coomaraswamy]

Hi all, when trying to dial in the carbs on the Polaris coupe I noticed, rather a friend noticed, that the throttle shaft bushing was horribly worn on the front carb which I believe will allow air into the carb and make them pretty much un-tunable. As such I am hoping someone has a set of these laying around and said person wishes to part with them. I have a good set of Webers I can do a partial trade for (Webers + cash) for your Zeniths. This is the polaris coupe and I am attempting to keep it original. Any help will help Thanks

 

[precision]

Hi, I have a set of these carbs and actually prefer the webers so mine are up for grabs. I will check shafts and advise if they appear tight. We may be able to do some kind of swap. Located in Canada. CR

 

[viphoto]

Hi Peter
I have a set from a 73 E3 parts car..Will check the shafts for play..I am sure we can find something to trade

Mark

 

[61porsche]

Free

spare throttle section I have, if that will fix it.

 

[Sooner]

Zeniths

I have several pair and parts, pic of what you need and it is yours

 

[Peter Coomaraswamy]

what I'm looking for

First, thanks everyone, attached is a picture; in the center you can see a hex nut that is a little wet- when I move the throttle that shaft has really excessive wobble and if anyone has a spare, and possibly a rebuild kit I would be happy to pay. Also, if whoever has the needed part has them close by I could give them my fed-ex account number and maybe have it here by Friday as I have a friend who could do the work for me this weekend. Speed of delivery is not critical, but if it's easy....

Thanks!!

 

[eriknetherlands]

no solution, but

Are you perhaps also missing a cover?

See attached your pic with a red square. I believe that that hole needs to be closed of with a cap as well.

I have been trying to find two for my car, but i haven't been able to dig them up anywhere. So i might be wrong, but they do appear in the parts books.

They are used as well in the Mercedes Benz versions, attached a picture where it is even indicated with a number.
Erik.

 

[deQuincey]

Are you perhaps also missing a cover?

See attached your pic with a red square. I believe that that hole needs to be closed of with a cap as well.

I have been trying to find two for my car, but i haven't been able to dig them up anywhere. So i might be wrong, but they do appear in the parts books.

They are used as well in the Mercedes Benz versions, attached a picture where it is even indicated with a number.
Erik.

good find, but irrelevant IMHO

those covers are for avoiding dirt entering direct to the levers, you can see that the opening below is always open :-/

 

[1Jarhead2]

zenith

Peter, I started sorting out all the extra parts that came with my car and these two Carbs and manifolds were in the pile. I wont be using them, there is no shaft play and appear to be low mileage originals that operate freely.

I believe that I even have the air cleaner assemblies as I seen a few in another box.

 

[Peter Coomaraswamy]

PM sent

Thanks!

 

[Nachtycoupe]

I see one of them has that cover Erik was talking about. Did replacing the throttle shaft bushing do the trick?

 

[Peter Coomaraswamy]

I'm trying to clear out the shop area to put the carbs on, all I can say is that Jarheads carbs were very well packaged, clean and I'm expecting a successful launch

THANKS!

 

[HB Chris]

Our 2800 has no covers there, it's totally exposed with no housing surrounding that linkage. These are fairly early carbs too, no float bowl vent to the throats. They made ten or twelve different models, all listed in the Blue Books.